District administration presented results of a community survey on a possible Phase 2 bond and then the board approved a resolution to call a bond election.

The administration said they engaged Excellence K12 to conduct a statistically balanced phone survey (300 respondents, stratified by four geographic quadrants) plus an online, self‑selected survey (412 parent responses, 181 staff, 42 community responses). Administration emphasized the phone survey as the more statistically reliable sample and provided both phone and online summaries to the board.

Survey highlights the administration reported: 61% of phone‑survey respondents said they would support finishing the Piper High School athletic complex as described; 63% supported installing fencing around the athletic complex; 76% supported acquiring land for a third elementary school; 78% supported upgrading student and staff technology devices; and 82% supported renovating the Piper Middle School basement to add classroom/lab and maker‑space capacity. Safety and security updates scored strongly across samples. A tennis court proposal received lower community support in the phone sample.

The district also tested tax‑impact thresholds. Using the example of a $300,000 home, phone‑survey support rates were: 67% at $90/year, 69% at $70/year and 71% at $50/year.

After the presentation the board approved a resolution "authorizing and providing for the calling of a bond election" for the district; the motion passed 7‑0. The board also discussed the district’s deferred maintenance backlog (the administration said about $15 million historically) and noted Phase 2 had been part of the district’s 2022 bond planning.

Administration said results and executive summaries are available in the board packet; they recommended continued public engagement and that the district use the survey data to refine project lists and tax‑impact communications ahead of the election.

Board members asked for clarifications about sampling and indicated appreciation for the level of community response. Administration noted the phone survey is randomly drawn and the online survey is supplemental.