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The community’s $74.6 million plan will now appear on our ballots in the upcoming November 5th election for community approval.

 

If successful, the referendum will:

Build a New Combined K-5 Elementary School

Increase Safety & Security Throughout the District

Provide 21st Century Learning Environments for All Students

 

The referendum would build a new combined K-5 elementary school to replace Manning and Miller. This new community elementary school would provide our elementary students a safer and healthier building with improved learning environments. We’d be able to achieve operational efficiencies and reduce maintenance and infrastructure costs. And all K-5 students would be able to learn together in a single building, which has been a request from our community for many years.

 

The referendum would also improve safety, security, and accessibility throughout the district. This would lead to safer, updated, and more accessible schools through investments in infrastructure and mechanicals, including roofs, heating and cooling, asbestos and mold abatement, electrical, plumbing, windows, flooring, parking lots, wheelchair lifts, and more accessible entrances. It would also create more secure environments for students and teachers through updated fire alarms, intercom systems, and camera systems as well as more secure doors.

 

Finally, the referendum would renovate classrooms, science labs, and student support spaces, allowing us to effectively implement our current and future curriculum and optimize hands-on learning. This includes new technology, furniture, carpeting, lighting, electrical, and storage in classrooms. Science lab classrooms would be modernized at Westmont High School, providing more space, modern features, and improved furniture. Westmont Jr. High would get new science tables and equipment, and the new elementary school would include STEM spaces. In addition, each school would have dedicated spaces for specialized instruction and related student services such as nursing and special education, leading to healthier students with stronger social and emotional skills.