Hickman Mills seeks $30 million in no-tax-increase bond issue election Aug. 4
Photos courtesy the Hickman Mills School District
While voters statewide will decide the future of Medicaid expansion in Missouri Aug. 4, Hickman Mills voters will be making a $30 million decision on the future of their public schools.
The no-tax-increase bond issue would extend existing bonds to make a dent on what a 2019 building needs assessment said is more than $100 million in needed repairs and upgrades.
More than half a year of community input and district analysis landed on the $30 million list of projects. They include plans to build secure entries, improve roofs, renovate restrooms, improve HVAC systems, install new playground turf, plus renovate a fine arts theater and gym and locker room for Ruskin High School.
The architect firm Hollis + Miller performed the assessment and led the community engagement and design process. Below is the complete list of projects and the schools (click to enlarge).
The Aug. 4 bond issue needs a super-majority of four-sevenths — or 57% — approval to pass. The projects would build on work that was completed in the $19 million bond issue voters passed in 2016. The district was able to address millions of dollars worth of deferred maintenance, including:
HVAC replacement at Smith-Hale Middle School and Millennium at Santa Fe Elementary.
At Ruskin High school, the addition of four classrooms, site and roof improvements, restroom renovations, interior painting, weight room and locker room renovations.
At Smith-Hale Middle School, an additional media center and secured entry.
Compass Elementary relocated to the Baptiste building.