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Rapid City school board and staff begin framing bond options; $125 million discussed as a working figure
Summary
Board members and district finance staff discussed bond sizing, valuation growth assumptions and levy impacts after the master plan presentation. Staff presented example levy scenarios and recommended conservative valuation growth assumptions; the board signaled preliminary comfort with developing a $125 million concept while asking for more firm
Board members and district finance staff used the master‑plan session to begin translating facility priorities into possible financing options, including a working bond figure and estimated tax impacts.
Staff framed the financing variables
District staff described the main variables that determine taxpayers’ annual cost for debt service: total bond amount, amortization term, assumed interest rates and the district’s assumed annual property valuation growth. Staff emphasized that small changes in those inputs materially change the required levy and taxpayer impact.
As an example, staff presented model scenarios showing how assumed valuation growth affects the per‑$1,000 levy needed to fund debt service. In a model presented at the meeting, a $150 million bond under a conservative 3% annual valuation growth assumption would require roughly a $0.65 levy per $1,000 of property value; on a $500,000 valuation that equates to about…
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