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Owasso superintendent trims bond proposal after public concern over cost; resident urges full-day PK alternatives
Summary
Superintendent Margaret Coates told the Owasso Public Schools board staff will present a lower-dollar bond proposal next month intended to avoid a tax increase after the district received more than 16,767 engagement responses about the package.
Superintendent Margaret Coates told the Owasso Public Schools Board of Education that staff will present a revised, lower-dollar bond proposition next month that is intended to meet students' needs without increasing local taxes.
Coates said the district has collected more than 16,767 points of engagement from meetings and surveys about the package and that the number-one concern was the total cost and worry about a tax increase. “We plan to present a revised proposition or proposal to the board for approval next month in June. That is a lower dollar amount that meets the needs of our students without increasing…
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