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D300 community panel recommends November 2026 ballot question to fund master facility plan
Summary
A community-led facilitating team presented a final Together for Tomorrow report urging the District 300 Board to place a November 2026 ballot question to fund implementation of its 2024 Master Facility Plan; the board received the recommendation and will decide by an August deadline required by election law.
Bill Doran and Chuck Bombalis, members of the Together for Tomorrow community engagement team, presented the group's final report and a recommendation that the Board of Education ask voters in November 2026 to consider additional funding to implement District 300's 2024 Master Facility Plan.
"The recommendation is that the Board of Education move forward with a November 2026 ballot question," Doran said, summarizing the outcome of four community workshops, open houses and two surveys. The team told the board the process was community-led and rooted in feedback collected from more than 150 workshop attendees, table discussions, and districtwide surveys.
The facilitating team identified three interlocking facility challenges: projected enrollment growth (more than 4,000 additional students projected in coming years), aging buildings and infrastructure, and the need for updated learning spaces and career/technical program support. The team described three implementation options ranging from full implementation of the master plan to a narrower, tax-neutral approach focused on urgent needs.
The team emphasized transparency, clear funding explanations and priorities that benefit students districtwide. The report recommended that any ballot question be grounded in those priorities and offer a financially responsible path that explains how projects would be phased and funded.
Board members thanked the facilitating team and said they would carefully review the detailed project and funding information the administration will present in June and July. Board and administration officials reminded the public that the board has not yet taken action; if it chooses to proceed, state election deadlines require the board to finalize any ballot language in August for the November 3, 2026 election.
Next steps outlined to the board included a June briefing with specific projects and funding options, publication of survey results in July, and an August decision point to approve any question and final language for the ballot.
