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Belgrade School District presents smaller bond proposal for November ballot; seeks new elementary and optional gym
Summary
Superintendent Divi Simorad told the council the district will ask voters on Nov. 4 to approve $6.63 million to finish a 250-seat elementary using leftover 2019 bond funds and an optional $5 million gym; presenters estimated a roughly $115 annual tax impact for a $600,000 home if both questions pass and said construction could start in March for a 2027 opening.
Superintendent Divi Simorad and Assistant Superintendent Trey Olsen presented a revised, scaled-back bond package to the Belgrade City Council on Sept. 15 for placement on the Nov. 4 mail ballot.
The proposal: The district is asking voters to approve $6,630,000 (ballot question 1) to complete a roughly 250-student elementary school on 60 acres off Frank Road, using about $20 million remaining from a 2019 bond. A second, separate ballot question…
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