District 200 Approves $151M Bond Referendum Question On Ballot

WHEATON, IL — A $151.5 million bond referendum question will appear on the November ballot, after Community Unit School District 200's board of education approved the question at Wednesday's meeting. The bond money would be used to fund "significant infrastructure needs" at Edison, Franklin and Monroe Middle Schools, Superintendent Dr. Jeff Schuler said in a letter to community members.

Below is how the question will appear for voters:

Shall the Board of Education of Wheaton Warrenville Community Unit School District Number 200, DuPage County, Illinois, construct additions to, alter, repair, equip and improve the sites of the Franklin, Edison and Monroe middle school buildings, including constructing safety and security improvements, updating infrastructure and mechanical systems to improve efficiency, improving special education spaces and accessibility, updating science lab classrooms, improving music spaces, completing technology improvements and renovating instructional spaces, and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $151,500,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?




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