(George)– Voters in the George/Little Rock School District will be deciding on the fate of a bond issue when they go to the polls in November. Superintendent Amanda Miller says the board voted to proceed with the ballot measure based on a survey of the district’s residents…
“We are looking at in our elementary in the Little Rock community, a classroom addition; a new playground and systems updates. And then at our middle school and high school building in George, we are looking to refresh our career and tech spaces which include agriculture and industrial tech, family and consumer sciences…formerly known as home ec; kitchen and commons area; systems updates; fitness center; a new track surface and also updates to our bus barn in George.”
She says those facilities have a lot of age on them…
“As a small district we don’t have the capacity to bond for a brand new building, but we know that in both of our towns, Little Rock and George, our buildings need some improvement. So the main school in Little Rock which is where our elementary is, was constructed in 1915 and our middle school-high school building in George was built in 1920, so it’s definitely time to address some issues. We intend to fund the projects that I mentioned through an approximately $14.9 million sales tax revenue bond and a G.O. Bond. We are estimating that our total project will come in around $17 million. I know that’s a lot of money to ask our public for, however we have been good stewards of our public money and we don’t currently have any public debt service as we were able to pay off that last G.O. Bond early in 2025 saving our taxpayers money.”
The election is planned for Election Day in November — November 2nd, 2026.
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(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KIWA in Sheldon.)
