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Superintendent Jonathan Roloff outlines 2026 bond override, warns of 'maintenance and operations cliff'
Summary
Superintendent Jonathan Roloff presented the Lake School District 32's case for a 2026 bond override, citing aging facilities, depleted one-time COVID funds, rising benefits costs and declining enrollment as threats to full-day kindergarten and other programs; a public study session is set for April 23.
Superintendent Jonathan Roloff told the Pinetop Lakeside Council that Lake School District 32 will seek voter support for a 2026 bond override to address deferred maintenance and sustain core programs.
Roloff opened by celebrating student and staff achievements, then said the district faces urgent facility failures and budget pressure that one-time pandemic funds no longer cover. "We're at the edge of a maintenance and operations cliff," he said, listing aging cooling towers and HVAC units he said are about 30 years old when the expected life is about 15 years, corroded piping that damages equipment, heaving floors, and bathrooms that are not ADA…
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