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Olathe board approves $389 million bond election, moves Westview students to Rolling Ridge
Summary
The Olathe Public Schools Board of Education voted 7–0 on Nov. 2025 to call a $389,000,000 general‑obligation bond election for March 3, 2026, and to move Westview Elementary resident students to Rolling Ridge Elementary for the 2026–27 school year.
The Olathe Public Schools Board of Education voted 7–0 on Nov. 2025 to call a $389,000,000 general-obligation bond election, to be held by mail with ballots due March 3, 2026, and to move resident students from Westview Elementary to Rolling Ridge Elementary for the 2026–27 school year.
District financial presenter John Hutchison told the board the recommended package would pay for two new elementary schools to replace four “end of life” elementaries, a full replacement of Meadow Lane (the district’s oldest building), $55 million in high‑school updates, middle‑school locker‑room renovations and playground equity work, technology and radio replacements, security improvements and a roughly $70 million capital‑improvement program for HVAC and other…
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