District 200 Officials Want $18M Referendum to Rebuild Jefferson
District 200 board members agree they want to use bonds to rebuild Jefferson Early Childhood Center, adding $16 to $42 to taxpayers' bills. The board will vote on a final referendum question in January.
District 200 Board of Education members agreed Wednesday they want to put a referendum on the spring ballot asking voters if they'd support the use of bonds to fund the entire Jefferson Early Childhood Center project. The project, estimated to cost up to $18.3 million, would mean increased tax payments of $16 to $42, bond counsel Bob Lewis told board members Wednesday. After community forums and a survey on the district’s plan to rebuild Jefferson, district staff and Legat architects revised a $29 million concept combining the school and district administrative offices to address residents’ concerned. Patrick Brosnan of Legat Architects presented two new designs Wednesday that would cost about $18.3 million. (Look for Patch story on new …
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JanS
11:26 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Is there any data showing that children who participate in school district provided preschool do any better than those who go to park district or private preschool, or even those who are educated at home? We know that CUSD200 pays the staff about three times what the Wheaton Park district pays theirs. Also, in another article we learned that the current Jefferson school holds 289 students and the… more ›