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Marshall school building bond issue

The Marshall Board of Education has placed bond issues on the ballot five times since 2000.

Marshall school board starts laying groundwork for April bond issue | School facility issue tied to economic development efforts (10/10/12)
The Marshall school board met in special session Wednesday, Oct. 10, to begin laying the groundwork for placing a bond issue on the April ballot, and it picked up an endorsement for the idea from Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Director Bill Riggins...
April election: Marshall school bond issue overview (04/06/10)
After running a more conventional ballot issue campaign in the fall, only to have voters reject the bond issue in November, the Citizens for the School Bond committee is taking a different approach prior to the April election. The bond issue, if approved, would allow the Marshall school district to buy land at the southeast corner of town and build a new three-grade elementary school, with room for additional buildings in the future...
Marshall School Bond Issue Information (04/06/10)
Editor's note: The information below is provided by Citizens for the School Bond, a group leading the campaign for a $16.8 million bond issue that would allow the Marshall school district to buy land and build a new elementary school. Election date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010...
Marshall school bond issue: Analysis: Lack of debt service levy makes bond issue tougher to achieve (02/11/10)
For want of a horse the rider was lost. That line is part of an old saying that illustrates how small factors may have great consequences. "For want of a debt service levy new schools were lost" doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily, but it seems an apt description of the recent history of the Marshall school board's efforts to get permission to build new schools...
Marshall bond issue debt service levy rates (01/27/10)
If the Marshall Public School District bond issue passes in the April election, the following table indicates tax increases at various property values and in various tax categories. School district officials have also provided an informative table and ave offered to help anyone calculate their precise tax obligation from the debt service levy. Contact Superintendent Craig Noah at 660-886-7414 for assistance...
Marshall school board goes back to voters with amended plan for new school (UPDATE: 11 a.m.) (01/26/10)
The Marshall Board of Education made several decisions at its meeting Monday, Jan. 25, that change the landscape of its facility improvement efforts. After hearing a report from Wayne Crawford, who facilitated a series of six public meetings to explain several land and facility options and listen to community concerns and suggestions, the board opted to...
School facility future: 'Neighborhood school' question emerges as factor in district's facility plans (01/22/10)
Call it an example of democracy in action. Although it's not directly related to the Marshall school district's facility problems -- as school board President Larry Godsey reminded those who attended a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 21, at Bueker Middle School -- the subject of "neighborhood schools" came up repeatedly and insistently when district officials and Citizens for the School Bond committee members talked to people during the bond issue campaign last fall...
School facility future: Costs of new school trimmed for April ballot (01/21/10)
The basic design for a new three-grade elementary school has not changed dramatically in the past decade, an indication that educational needs have not changed dramatically in that time, according to district officials. But when the district returned to the project last summer after a hiatus of several years, Superintendent Craig Noah first convened teachers to get their advice about what they need from school facilities.
Marshall school building and renovation estimates (01/21/10)
School facility future: Marshall district seeks input on renovation option (01/20/10)
After the failure of the school building bond last fall, Marshall school district officials decided to seek input from voters about whether they would prefer renovating existing buildings rather than building new ones. The district asked its construction management firm, Titan Construction, to study the four existing elementary schools and provide an estimate of what it would cost to completely renovate them.
School facility future: Marshall school officials present site options, seek public input on site selection for new school (01/18/10)
In the discussion part of three public meetings hosted by the Marshall school district last week, one question district officials posed to citizens was which site to choose. The school board is planning to place a bond issue on the ballot in April, and after four failed issues in the past decade, school officials are increasing their efforts to find out precisely what voters want for the future of school facilities.
2 school tours illuminate building problems, voter concerns (01/16/10)
The Marshall school district's series of public meetings to provide information and seek input from the community about the bond issue planned for the April ballot continues tomorrow and into next week. --Benton school: Saturday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. --Northwest school Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m...
3 public meetings at schools this week, 3 next week to get input on bond issue (01/15/10)
The Marshall school board scheduled three public meetings this week to provide information and seek community feedback about the proposed new elementary school project. A bond issue will be on the April ballot and the board must settle on final ballot language at its Jan. 25 meeting...
Marshall school board narrows list of potential school sites, hears cost estimates on renovating existing schools (01/06/10)
At a three-hour special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Marshall school board narrowed the list of potential sites for a proposed new elementary school to three, heard detailed reports from its construction management firm, including estimates of what it might cost to completely renovate existing elementary schools and set times and dates for a series of public meetings to present information and get feedback from voters...
Marshall school board opts to place bond issue on April ballot (11/10/09)
The Marshall school board met Tuesday, Nov. 10, to certify results of the Nov. 3 election in which a bond issue for building a new elementary school failed to reach the 4/7 majority necessary for passage. And they voted to put the issue on the ballot again in April...
Marshall school bond fails | Exceeds 50 percent approval threshold first time in 10 years (11/03/09)
The Marshall school bond issue made its best showing yet, favored by a slim majority of district voters Tuesday, Nov. 3, but it failed to reach the 4/7 majority required to pass. Slater's bond issue passed by a wide margin. The unofficial election results in Marshall were 1,296 "yes" votes and 1,245 "no" votes.
Marshall school bond issue reviewed (10/30/09)
Marshall Public School District voters will have an opportunity next week to consider whether to authorize the district to finance a new elementary school. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. --The primary reason school officials give for building a new school is to relieve overcrowding in existing elementary schools, each of which currently uses one or more trailers as classrooms. ...
School district, city officials pledge to address traffic at site of new school (10/29/09)
Twice each day, vehicle traffic clogs the streets at all four Marshall elementary schools as parents pick up or drop off their children, and one goal of school district officials in proposing a new elementary school was to help alleviate that problem...
MSDC board hears presentation on Marshall school bond issue (10/13/09)
Dan Brandt was present at the Marshall-Saline Development Corporation board meeting Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, to discuss the bond issue for a new public school in Marshall. He and Wayne Crawford, who are both members of a citizens' group in favor of the bond issue, plan to make a total of 30 presentations to different groups around Marshall over the coming month...
Marshall Plaza representative: 'We're not interested in selling' (10/13/09)
Miriam Felix, a property management representative for Marshall Plaza LLC, didn't hesitate for even a moment when she was asked why the property couldn't be purchased for use as the location of a new school. "Because we're not interested in selling," she said...
Marshall school bond issue: Committee officials speak to teachers as school bond campaign ramps up (10/09/09)
After spending the month of September holding public meetings and gathering to plan, the Marshall school bond committee has gotten its campaign to support the building bond issue on the November ballot in full swing. Committee Co-Chairman Wayne Crawford and Campaign Subcommittee Chairman Cherri Williams addressed district faculty and staff in an after-school meeting Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Marshall High School...
Marshall school bond ballot questions 2000-2009 (10/08/09)
Nov. 3, 2009 Shall Marshall Public School District incur indebtedness and issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $20,350,000 for the purpose of constructing a new elementary school and furnishing and equipping the same and acquiring land for school purposes?...
Marshall school bond: School board accepts bond committee design recommendation (09/16/09)
The Marshall school board voted Tuesday, Sept. 15, to endorse a school design recommended by the community school bond committee Monday, Sept. 14, and it also addressed which grades should be housed in the new school. The move was part of the planning process for a proposed elementary school that will be built if voters approve a $20 million bond issue in November...
School bond committee recommends 3-grade design (09/15/09)
The Marshall Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to consider school design recommendations made by the community bond committee at its meeting Monday, Sept. 14. About 60 people attended the meeting at Bueker Middle School Monday, up from more than 20 at the group's first meeting Sept. 3...
Marshall school bond: Campaign committee mulls design recommendation for proposed new school (09/10/09)
Community input is still needed by the committee that has formed to campaign for the $20 million school building bond issue, which will be on the November ballot. At a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, committee leaders and school officials presented the current design options and addressed questions raised by those in attendance...
2009 Marshall School Bond Issue Information (09/04/09)
Editor's note: This information was provided by Marshall Public School District administrators and was distributed at the bond campaign committee meeting Thursday, Sept. 3. Why is the district asking for a new building? -- Our elementary buildings need to be replaced due to various infrastructure issues (water, electrical, mechanical, heating, cooling, air quality, etc...)...
School building project: Tax impact, borrowing in a recession, busing and other issues (08/19/09)
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles about a proposed building project in the Marshall Public School District. The Board of Education decided Tuesday, Aug. 18, to place a bond issue on the November ballot to finance the project. Readers have posed a number of questions and concerns in discussion forums on The Marshall Democrat-News Web site, and this series will provide responses from school officials....
School officials cite inadequate facilities, traffic congestion as reasons for new school push (08/18/09)
When it comes to improving Marshall school district facilities, the question for the Board of Education is not whether but when. No current member of the board, nor any candidate in recent elections, has challenged the need for new classroom facilities.
Marshall school board votes to put building bond issue on November ballot (08/18/09)
The Marshall Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18, to place a bond issue on the November ballot asking voters to give the school district permission to borrow about $20 million for construction of a new elementary school. Bonding advisor Dick Bartow said the debt service levy would need to be 80 cents to support $20 million in bonds over 20 years...
Marshall school officials explain timing, planning for bond issue (08/17/09)
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles about a proposed building project in the Marshall Public School District. The Board of Education will meet Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 6:30 p.m. to take up the question of whether to place a bond issue on the November ballot. Readers have posed a number of questions and concerns in discussion forums on The Marshall Democrat-News Web site, and this series will provide responses from school officials...
Marshall school board selects property to pursue for new elementary facility (07/31/09)
In closed session Tuesday, July 28, the Marshall Board of Education authorized Superintendent Craig Noah to negotiate for the Banks property and pursue the possibility of purchasing additional land from the Church of the Nazarene, according to a news release from the district...
Marshall school board selects construction management firm for proposed building project (07/28/09)
After more than three hours of interviews with representatives from three firms, the Marshall Board of Education voted to select Titan Construction of Olate, Kan., to provide construction management services for the proposed elementary building project...
Marshall school board gets introduction to proposed upper elementary school design (UPDATE: 1:40 p.m.) (07/21/09)
The Marshall Board of Education saw the preliminary design of a proposed new upper elementary school building and additions to two existing elementary schools at its Tuesday, July 21, regular meeting. Two representatives of ACI Frangkiser Hutchens, an architectural design firm, presented the plans and provided an overview of the facities' features...
Marshall school board on the hunt again for new school (06/08/09)
If you have 15 to 20 acres of land in the Marshall School District that you think would be suitable as the site for a new elementary school, Superintendent Craig Noah would like to hear from you by Friday, June 19. Buoyed by good news from financial consultants about stimulus funds but dissatisfied with the six sites considered in the failed 2003 attempt to pass a bond issue, board members would like to consider other sites...
Marshall school officials still want new buildings, still remember failed bond issues of recent past (03/20/09)
The current Marshall school board seems to have a strong consensus. Every candidate in recent years has agreed in principle if not on the details. School administrators rarely pass up an opportunity to make the point: Marshall needs new schools. It's almost a mantra for school officials and board members...
School bond issue rejected for third time (04/09/03)
Marshall voters have once again rejected a school district proposal, which would build new educational facilities and renovate the city's aged middle school. A bond issue proposal that would have raised $11.9 million for the construction of a new three-grade upper elementary building, renovations at Bueker Middle School and an addition to Marshall High School was defeated 1,739 to 1,220 Tuesday, according to unofficial results...
School district making third try on bond issue (03/31/03)
Voters in Marshall are being asked to once again consider a bond issue to construct new facilities for the Marshall School District. The issue is the third in recent years to be advanced by the district, but differs from its predecessors on several key points...
Facility Committee steps up school bond promotion efforts (03/19/03)
With the April 8 election drawing near, members of the Marshall Facility Committee are stepping up their promotion efforts. The group's Tuesday meeting reviewed what has been done to date and made plans for the ongoing campaign. The committee is working to promote an $11.9 million bond issue that would fund several projects including the construction of a new elementary school for grades three through five, make improvements to Bueker Middle School and add two science labs at Marshall High School.. ...
Committee reviews pro-school bond efforts (03/04/03)
The Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee met Monday evening to review its prepared presentation for civic groups, discussing with whom to speak and addressing several questions already raised by community members. Getting an early start, the committee made its first informational presentation Monday to the Marshall Lions Club. Committee Chairman George Clemens said the meeting was a good start, but the committee needs to find more groups to speak to...
Committee prepares to promote Marshall school bond issue (02/28/03)
While the group has been active for more than 18 months, the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee has remained largely a behind-the-scenes group. That will all change next week when the group goes public to promote the upcoming April bond issue...
School board votes to purchase Banks property (02/26/03)
While details about the transaction were not immediately available, the Marshall Board of Education voted in executive session Tuesday evening to purchase the Banks property on the city's southern edge as the site for a proposed elementary school. The land, located in the south part of Marshall between Odell Avenue and the Lincoln Avenue extension, was one of four locations recommended by the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee over the course of its meeting. ...
Promotion efforts for school bond issue reviewed (02/11/03)
The Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee adopted a name for its fund-raising arm and reviewed its promotion efforts during a meeting held Monday evening. A number of name options were suggested during the brainstorming session, ranging from plain to catchy. Among the considerations made by the board were that the name should be recognizable, but not necessarily overly catchy...
Will third time be the charm? (01/28/03)
Members of the Marshall School District Facility Committee, teachers and administrators met Monday night to lay the groundwork for an education campaign to inform voters in the district about the upcoming bond issue. Marshall, for the third time, is asking voters to approve a bond issue for the construction of a new elementary facility. ...
School board takes up bond issue details (01/22/03)
The Marshall Board of Education took steps Tuesday to bring its plan for an April 2003 bond issue in line with the $11.9 million price ceiling it placed on the project. Superintendent of Schools Joe Aull addressed the issue at the board's Tuesday meeting, saying that before the plan can be presented to the public, the district needs to firm up some of its details...
School board to seek $11.9 million bond issue (01/15/03)
With the unanimous vote of the Marshall Board of Education, the district will place a bond issue for school improvements on the April ballot, the third attempt in the last couple of years to pass such a measure. The board voted 7-0 in special session Tuesday to pursue a bond issue that will not exceed $11.9 million. The plan calls for:...
School bond plan to be discussed at special meeting (01/10/03)
The Marshall Board of Education will need to decide in the next few weeks if it wishes to place a bond issue on the ballot for the April 8 election. The district Facility Committee made a recommendation to the board at its Dec. 17 meeting that it place an issue on the April ballot to build a new grades 3-5 elementary school, renovate Bueker Middle School, construct two new high school science labs and air condition the Industrial Arts building...
Four sites still in running for proposed new elemenary school (01/06/03)
After the first round of meetings with area landowners, progress is being made to finalize the Marshall School District's plans for a third bond issue attempt. Superintendent of Schools Joe Aull, part of the Site Selection Negotiation Committee, said the committee's meetings focused on discussing purchase options and land prices with the owners of four plots of land currently being considered for the location of a proposed elementary school...
Presentation made to school board (12/18/02)
A day after reaching a decision on their recommendation, members of the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee presented their report to the Marshall Board of Education. Committee Chairman George Clemens said the group had been meeting for 18 months, meaning its members had been through about 60 hours of meetings...
Committee finishes recommendation details (12/17/02)
It took 18 months and didn't end with a unanimous vote, but the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee is ready to make its recommendation to the Board of Education. The group met Monday to iron out its plan, but could not reach a unanimous decision on how large a bond issue should be pursued in April 2003...
Pros and cons of various school building sites weighed (12/06/02)
One of the issues that the Marshall School District Facility Committee has been wrestling with during the past several weeks has been to come up with a list of properties that they can recommend to the Marshall Board of Education as good potential sites for a new school building or buildings...
Facilities Committee settles on projects list (12/03/02)
While the estimated cost of $13.6 million was higher than some members would have liked, the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee has finished its projects list for presentation to the Marshall Board of Education. If approved by the school board, the plan would go to Marshall voters as a bond issue in the April 2003 election...
Facility Committee narrows list of site options (11/26/02)
After seeing two previous attempts fail, the Marshall Public Schools Facility Committee is keenly aware that the proposed location of a new school building is a key component of any future bond issue. With an eye on the April 2003 election as its next attempt, the Site Selection Subcommittee has spent months examining potential pieces of property. Subcommittee Chairman Scott Hartwig discussed his group's findings at Monday's meeting of the full committee...
Facility Committee works to further define possible school bond issue (11/05/02)
In its second meeting in as many weeks, the Marshall School District Facility Committee met Monday evening to discuss what will be the third proposal put to voters of the district. The committee is meeting with some regularity in order to have a recommendation to present to the Marshall Board of Education by December at the latest. ...
School district looking at third try on bond issue (10/29/02)
In a meeting uncharacteristically long for the group, the Marshall School District Facility Committee took time Monday evening to meet with the district's architects and financial adviser. Michael Koutz of ACI/Frangkiser Hutchens and Greg Bricker of George K. Baum and Associates were both on hand to field question and provide information to the committee as it begins making preparations for a third attempt at a bond issue to fund improvements to the district's aging school buildings...
Facility Committee working toward recommendation for school board (10/25/02)
The Marshall School District Facility Committee has been meeting on a regular basis and the members of the committee have been working very hard to develop a plan to address the facility needs of our school district. I thought that I might take a few minutes and let you know where the committee is at this time as well as inform you of some of the issues that they have been dealing with...
Facility Committee to await cost estimates from architects (06/12/02)
The Marshall School District Facility Committee will be taking the summer off. Having completed the first phase of its proposal, the committee will not meet in July or August as district architects ACI Frangkiser Hutchins prepare cost estimates for the items included by the committee...
What facility options is district considering? (05/17/02)
Last Monday night the Marshall Board of Education met with the school district Facility Committee and the two groups exchanged ideas about possible options to address our school district facility needs. Although they are not ready to make a final recommendation at this time, the Facility Committee has developed a very general plan for addressing our needs...
Facility Committee discusses proposal (05/14/02)
During a special meeting of the Marshall Board of Education Monday, board members met with the district Facility Committee to discuss the proposal being developed to address current facility needs. Facility Committee Chairman George Clemens began the meeting with a review of the proposal as it stands now. It was emphasized that the ideas being developed are not a formal plan yet and are subject to change as they evolve...
Facility Committee issues list of suggestions (04/24/02)
While it hasn't yet formed a recommendation, the Marshall Facility Committee did present a progress report to the Marshall Board of Education Tuesday. George Clemens, committee chairman, said his committee has made a lot of progress but is not ready to make a recommendation to the school board. In fact, he said, it could be next spring before a recommendation is presented...
School board candidates share views at forum (03/26/02)
Seven of the hopefuls vying for the three Marshall Board of Education seats up for election in April shared their views during a forum Monday at the Marshall High School Little Theater. Sponsored by the Marshall Comm-unity Teachers Association, the forum allowed each candidate two to three minutes to speak and then opened the floor to questions from the audience. After introductions from moderator Dave Nelson, the candidates spoke in an order determined by random drawing...
Board, Facility Committee to get together in April (02/28/02)
While it would appear that the Marshall Facility Committee will not have a recommendation for the Marshall school board in April, the two entities will still meet next month. At Tuesday's meeting of the Marshall Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Joe Aull reported that it would be "premature" for the Facility Committee to give a recommendation in April as originally projected. ...
Public forum set to discuss school facilities (11/08/01)
The buildings currently serving roughly three-fourths of Marshall elementary school students were built more than 80 years ago. Bueker Middle School in downtown Marshall, formerly Marshall High School, has also served educational needs for several decades...
Facility Committee adopts mission statement, hears reports (10/23/01)
The Marshall School District's Facility Committee adopted a mission statement and heard subcommittee reports at its regular meeting held Monday evening. The group's mission, as defined by the adopted mission statement is to research issues, needs and resources in order to present a proposal for what will best serve the educational needs of Marshall's students. The mission statement also acknowledges the goal of creating a plan that is capable of garnering public support...