Why is the District asking voters for a $43 million referendum? Isn’t enough money available for facilities so that a referendum is not required?
Since the District has committed to funding $72 million from other sources (budget surplus money over several years, use of money from the Cantera TIF, land sales, etc.) this money could be used for facilities, but it would require the District to make some difficult decisions about which projects would have to be reduced or eliminated – not all that is being proposed could be completed. The scope of work at Naperville Central, in particular, would have to be reduced. Such an approach would run counter to the recommendations that emerged from the Facilities Task Force and 40-plus community engagement meetings that encouraged the School Board not to take a “band-aid” or “piecemeal” approach to our facilities needs, as may have been done in the past. Finally, the renovations and additions proposed for Naperville Central and several other sites are interrelated to each other; doing some, but not all, would be difficult and not cost-effective.
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- Why is the District asking voters for a $43 million referendum? Isn’t enough money available for facilities so that a referendum is not required?
- Why isn’t District 200 asking for money to hire teachers and operate the new schools?
- Isn’t the District a top-heavy bloated bureaucracy always asking for more money?
