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D300 presents $548 million master facilities plan and funding scenarios, board hears security and cost details
Summary
Leggett Architects outlined a six-year master facility plan with $548 million in proposed work across D300 schools; Raymond James presented funding options including referendums and life-safety bonds, and district leaders clarified existing building security versus planned vestibule upgrades.
Community Unit School District 300 trustees heard a detailed presentation Feb. 18 on a master facility plan that identifies capital needs across the district and outlines multiple financing scenarios for as much as $548 million in projects over the next six years.
The presentation, led by Kelsey Jordan of Leggett Architects and Elizabeth Hennessy of Raymond James, described projects organized into "good, better and best" priorities — from required safety and code work to capacity additions and educational enhancements — and sketched funding combinations that would use the district's capital projects balance, annual operating transfers, life-safety bonds and one or more referendum bond issues.
Why it matters: The plan would touch every district campus over a multi-year schedule and would affect long-term capital spending, potential voter referendums and taxpayer costs. Board members pressed architects and the district on timelines and what current security measures already exist versus the…
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