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Springfield SD 186 board approves bond restructuring and health-life-safety borrowing to fund district projects
Summary
The Springfield SD 186 Board voted to approve a multi-series bond package and related contract actions to support phase-one facilities projects — including a ~$50 million Southeast High renovation and a new elementary — and approved several bids and a change order. Several board members raised concerns about timing of project detail before the vote.
The Springfield School District 186 Board of Education on March 24 approved a multi-series bond package and several construction bids and change orders to advance phase-one facilities projects that the superintendent said were designed with community input.
Superintendent Gill told the board the package will support projects including a new district field house and major Southeast High School renovation that she estimated at "approximately $50,000,000 over the entire process," a proposed new elementary school estimated at about $33,000,000, Harvard Park renovations (estimated $3–5 million) and a possible gym and site work for Lincoln Magnet School (estimated $15–20 million).
The bond motions covered several series: refunding bonds, levy/tax-backed series, health life safety (HLS) bonds, alternate-revenue (ARB)…
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