Measure U Bond

At KES, we are building a Multi-Use Room (MUR), a building that will serve as both a cafeteria and a gymnasium where students will be able to eat indoors when it rains. The MUR will include a basketball court with an LED scoreboard, bleacher seating, and a concession stand. We will have water stations and drinking fountains, a nice foyer, and access to the building from Oak Hill. Because the basketball court meets high school standards, MVMS and KHS will also be able to use the gym for practices and games. We could even host tournaments there.

While we’re waiting for the MUR to be built, the students can enjoy the new asphalt in the playground and the renovated bathrooms.

At RES, our newest school, we've redone our parking lot to improve safety and enhance the flow of traffic. We've separated bus traffic from parent drop-off/pick-up, replaced gravel with asphalt, and ensured ADA compliance. We're also working on putting in a new septic system -- one of those projects you really want to take care of before there’s a problem like we are.

At MVMS, we added new shade structures over ADA-compliant walkways to keep kids cool in the summer and protect them from the rain in the winter. Now, we're moving on to bathroom renovations and replacing the gym floor. Once that is done, we will pour concrete foundations and relocate some of our modular classrooms to create a more open and attractive campus layout. Once the modulars are out of the middle of campus, we will landscape the area, adding a lawn where kids can play under the shade of the mature trees we are so lucky to have.

At KHS, we installed air conditioning in the gym and replaced portable classrooms that were anywhere from 20 to 30 years old with nice, new modular buildings. In January 2019, we will finish a brand-new shop building where students will be able to gain practical skills in woodworking, ag, metals, and mechanics. Before we are through, we also plan to update our track and field facility-sprucing up the football field, adding new sports fields, installing an all-weather track, improving seating, and providing better accessibility for the community.

Because we want everyone's hard-earned tax dollars to go as far as possible, we have applied for a Career Technical Education grant that would pay for the shop building. If that happens, the money we spent on the building will go back into the bond reserve and we will be able to go back to our master plan and figure out what's next on the list.