Romulus superintendent outlines $153 million, three‑series bond plan; council asks for finance details

Romulus Community Schools Superintendent Ben Edmonson and district staff briefed the Romulus City Council on May 12 on a proposed $153 million facilities bond to address aging school buildings, technology and safety upgrades and other campus projects. The presentation outlined a three‑series borrowing plan beginning in 2025 and completing construction by 2031 if voters approve the first series.

Edmonson said the district’s plan would be issued in three series: about $57 million for series 1, $54 million for series 2 and $40 million for series 3. He told the council the district expects to phase major work across those series, and that, if the first series passes in 2025, initial work would begin in late summer or September 2025 and the full program would finish by 2031. “Truth plus transparency equals trust,” Edmonson told the council while describing what information the district would share with voters.

The district presentation broke down priorities that Edmonson and his operations and technology directors said would be addressed with bond proceeds: district‑wide roof and HVAC work; parking‑lot repairs (the district estimated roughly $11 million to repave parking lots across the system); classroom and locker room renovations;…