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District outlines $112 million bond plan, enrollment growth and new remote learning policy
Summary
Superintendent described a two‑sale bond strategy (first sale ~ $55 million in January), updated enrollment and state aid projections, and proposed using remote learning days for the district's third and fourth weather cancellations, now counted as instructional hours by NDE.
Superintendent Matt Blumkamp and finance staff walked the board through the district's capital financing and enrollment picture and proposed operational changes to handle weather cancellations.
Blumkamp reminded the board that voters approved up to $112 million in bond capacity; finance committee work now favors two larger bond sales rather than a bank‑qualified small sale. He said the committee expects to seek roughly $55 million in the first sale, tentatively in mid‑January, with proceeds expected to post Feb. 1. "We think we can make it," he said of the cash‑flow schedule;…
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