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Okemos schools bond team recommends November 2027 after timeline trade-offs and transition concerns
Summary
District bond advisers presented three timing options (May 2027, Nov. 2027, May 2028) and recommended November 2027 as the initial option, citing planning time and superintendent/finance transition risks; staff will run financial scenarios with PFM on March 9 to model millage impacts and finalize a recommendation.
Okemos Public Schools trustees heard detailed bond-planning options from the district's owners' representatives and construction advisers and were asked to give initial direction for possible future ballot timing.
During a presentation led by Verdis Group and the Christman Company, consultants laid out three primary options: a May 2027 election (about eight months of planning), November 2027 (about 14 months), and May 2028 (about 20 months). Christie consultants warned that compressed schedules increase risks during the district's leadership transition. "My recommendation…
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