CUSD 300 staff present $500M master facility plan and two bond financing options
Jun 9, 2026
District staff outlined a roughly $500.7M master facility plan with $87M in district pay-go funding; they described Option 1 (three referendum bond tranches totaling $414M, $200/year homeowner impact on a $400,000 home) and Option 2 (reduced $330M plan using refinancing to avoid a tax increase).
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Dr. Williams and Liz Hennessy presented CUSD 300’s Master Facility Plan: a 10–20 year capital framework the administration estimated at about $500.7 million total. Dr. Williams summarized "now, soon, later" project groupings and said the district committed roughly $87 million from local resources to pay as you go; NOW projects total about $221.8 million (including Dundee Crown at $58 million), SOON projects $71.8 million, and LATER projects roughly $119 million.
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