COLLINSVILLE, Okla. — Collinsville Public Schools hopes voters approve a #95 million bond on Aug. 27.
2 News asked Collinsville Superintendent Jeremy Hogan how this could impact the community.
According to Hogan, this proposal isn’t as expensive for residents as they think, "when you equate that down. For every 100,000 dollars, your property is valued at. It costs you $2.98 a month, half a coffee in today's economy."
The bond is divided into two sectors.
The first portion adds up to $93 million:
- A standalone Pre-k center at the Early Childhood Center will cost up to $12 million
- A fifth-grade school will cost $39 million
- high school expansion with an additional S.T.E.M. wing that will cost $22 million.
Organizers planned this bond for next year, but the superintendent said his district is growing so fast they can not accommodate everyone.
"Portable classrooms, we brought those in last school year and several more this school year just to deal with the growth and trying to keep our class sizes manageable for our staff. And so, we are at the point where we can't lease portable classrooms,” Hogan said.
According to the district, 500 students have been added in the last five years, bringing the overall enrollment to 3,200 students.
Other projects in the bond proposal?
- Storm shelters in each school
- Moving transportation services off of the high school campus could cost $5.6 million.
“There is a lot of traffic congestion inside that campus, our buses are going constantly throughout the day,” the superintendent said.
The rest of the bond would update athletic facilities and purchase new band uniforms and instruments. According to Hogan, they could only buy six instruments that ranged from $5,000 to $80,000, and students had to rent them out throughout the year.
“It’s such a big-ticket item it’s hard for an individual student or family to purchase,” Hogan said.
There is a second proposal that will cost $2 million to buy new school and activity buses for the district.
Collinsville passed Phase 2 in 2021.
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