The 2019 Supplemental Levy is for $3,000,000.00 over 2 years ($1,500,000.00 each year)

Levy Brochure 2019

The levy passed at 60.11% with 1561 voters in favor of the levy and 1036 against. Results (PDF)

The new levy is $1,500,000 for 2 years; a total of $3,000,000.  It is $100,000 more than the levy which expired June 30, 2019. Tax rates will only increase $10 per year on $100,000 of assessed property value. The goals for this levy are: 

1. Maintain appropriate class sizes and provide needed supports for staff and students. 
2. Offer safe and well maintained facilities for learning.
3. Purchase updated textbooks and other instructional tools to support a high-quality education. 

• Fulfill one of the main requests from our elementary teachers by providing a counselor for their students. This support will address the challenges facing many of our students.
• Continue providing a behavioral specialist to support the students and teachers in addressing challenging behaviors.
• Continue making significant improvements in our curriculum. Through the past two levies we have replaced our English Language Arts, and our math curriculum. With this levy, the District will be able to purchase new curriculums for science, social studies, and other areas. This new curriculum will include online resources so we can reach all our students and make our teachers more efficient.
• Add a new course to our Middle School for all 8th grade students to explore careers through virtual job shadow experiences and assist them in creating their four year plan for courses through high school so they will be prepared for college and careers.
• Put more emphasis on providing necessary funds to maintain our 375,478 square feet of student occupied school buildings. The levy will provide $600,000 per year to continue to maintain and upgrade the schools.

Bond and Levy Review Presentation by PiperJaffray (PDF)

Maintenance and Operations Levy - Spring 2019 (PDF)

District Wide Project Projections (Facilities) Planning (PDF)

2017 Levy $2.8 million over two years ($1.4 million per year):

Levy Brochure(PDF)

Attached is a PDF document, Progress on Levy Spring 2017 (PDF), that briefly lists the progress on each aspect of the levy.

2015 Levy $2.8 million over two years ($1.4 million per year):

Levy Brochure (PDF)

Following are the items we used this levy for. We purchased the new elementary reading / language arts curriculum the first year and the secondary curriculum the second year.

2013 Levy $2.8 million over two years ($1.4 million per year): 

Aug 2013 Levy Brochure(PDF)

• After the levy failed in May of 2013 we removed the elevator from the budget and reran the levy in August.
• The major maintenance project was the reroofing of the domes.
• For detailed information, see Budget Projections for FY14 No Levy (PDF) which shows the cuts the Board made to the budget in June 2013 and how the levy funds were used to restore these cuts.

2011 Levy $2 million over two years ($1 million per year):

Levy Brochure(PDF)

Levy Quick Facts(PDF) 

The purpose of this levy was to cover the short falls from the cuts from the State through the Great Recession.

• Shortfall - $1,836,093
• District Cuts in operations and Staff - $887,717
• Levy - $1,000,000

2009  Levy $3.4 million over two years ($1.7 million per year)

Completed projects: 

• Eliminate the 2008 ‐2009 deficit and provided for a contingency fund
• Installed air conditioning at the high school
• Technology upgrades including new IP phone system
• Science labs upgrades, additional science equipment and included safety showers as required
• Remodel and addition for Junior High locker rooms
• Paving lots at the Junior High

The 1998 Bond built two elementary schools: Carberry Elementary and Shadow Butte Elementary