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Consultant: community supports mid-level facility option; board authorized exploration of a referendum timeline

Ball Chatham Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education · November 20, 2025
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Summary

A phase‑3 community engagement report presented three facility options (roughly $83M, $100M and $120M) and recommended Option 2 as the likely consensus, with the consultant advising the board that a March referendum was viable and offering to prepare referendum planning materials for December.

Consultant Ed Sullivan presented findings from Phase 3 of the district’s community engagement process on Nov. 15, summarizing public input and recommending next steps on a potential facilities referendum.

Sullivan described three capital options that came out of the community process: Option 1 (low-cost menu, estimated about $83 million and described as covering core safety, security and…

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