Levy, Bond and Voting Information

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Operating Levy	Building Bond	Election & Voting Information
Continuing to ensure quality learning for students	Ensuring facilities meet the needs of students	Learn where, when and how to vote

*Maintaining class size and individualized programs

*Investing in needed technology upgrades

*Ensuring quality facilities to meet the needs of students

Sartell-St. Stephen Schools Vision 2015 and Values of Excellence are the key drivers of our district’s commitment to quality, achievement and the stewardship of community resources.

• Our students achieve among the top performing districts in the State of Minnesota on MCAs and continue to show consistent growth annually.
• Our district is committed to maximizing resources toward student learning and the classroom and continues to invest to meet this aim.
• State funding has not kept pace with inflation and district operational expenditures. These funding gaps are challenging our capabilities of maintaining quality programs and class size.
• Our facilities and learning environments are important community investments and need to be maintained.

On November 8^th, 2011, residents of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District will have the opportunity to vote on an operating levy designed to support and maintain high-quality learning, programming investing in needed technology upgrades and and a building bond to maintain and repair our facilitiess.

The levy proposal will support:

• Maintaining class size
• Maintaining programs and improving individualized program options
• Investing in needed technology upgrades

The bond proposal will ask the community to consider:

• Repairing, repurposing and upgrading facilities and learning spaces 

The first question proposes to renew and increase the operating levy that has been in place since 2001.  The district has collected $1.2 million annually for the current levy; the proposed 10 year levy will collect 2.9 million annually.  If the levy vote does not pass, the district will need to reduce its annual budget by over $2 million.  The additional funds raised by the proposed levy will focus on maintaining class sizes, individualized programming, and educational technology.

The second question is a building bond proposal that would provide funds for maintenance and repair of the district's current buildings and facilities.  The $9 million bonding proposal would pay for repairs to roofs, parking lots, heating, ventilation, windows, lighting, technology infrastructure, repurposing the District Office to accommodate Early Childhood, Community Education, and a Community/Senior Center, co-curricular repairs and general repairs.  These projects are important to ensuring  safe and well-maintained buildings for students, staff and community.