Pickerington Schools: Board mulls third ballot request within year
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The Pickerington Schools board likely will decide by June 28 whether to ask voters for the third time in a year to approve a bond issue to fund a new junior high school and additions to buildings.
According to Pickerington Schools officials, the district s classroom space already is maxed out and its student body is expected to grow by another 1,800 students by 2028-29.
It s a quandary, the officials say, exacerbated by the defeats of bond issues last November and again May 4 that were designed to generate $95 million to build a new junior high school and add classroom space at buildings throughout the district.
The district’s goal is to put a facilities-related levy request on the November ballot.
Holden said in a phone call this week that the process is progressing on schedule.
All three planned public forums have taken place in an online-conference format, and a random-sample survey of local residents is in its second week.
The survey, conducted by Fallon Research & Communications Inc., via phone calls and texts, asks respondents to rank the importance of current local issues; presents renovation versus construction choices being considered by the district, including cost options; and concludes with an opportunity to share personal thoughts, according to people who have received it.