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Interim survey shows resistance to largest bond question; district to refine package and messaging

Plainfield SD 202 Board of Education (committee meetings) · December 11, 2025
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Summary

An early community survey on facility projects and an operating‑tax increase returned roughly 70% opposition to the higher‑cost question; respondents prioritized repairs to existing buildings over new construction. Consultants and staff will reshape options and focus messaging ahead of broader district surveys in spring.

Consultants presenting a district community engagement update told the Board Dec. 10 that an initial, limited survey produced an approximately 70% opposed / 30% supportive split for a higher‑cost operating‑tax question that would have financed a broad set of projects including a new middle school and other major items.

Craig Meadows, the consultant, said the survey was a thin slice of responses and…

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