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Bettendorf Community School District students, staff, parents, alumni, and volunteers speak about the need for the facilities projects proposed in the Bett GO bond proposition. #BETTerTogether

Bettendorf Community School District residents are being asked to vote on a proposition that would increase their property tax rate to help fund needed infrastructure and facility projects at Bettendorf Middle and High Schools.

The $69.25M GO Bond would help fund the Bettendorf Middle School and Bettendorf High School projects and add up to $2.70 to homeowners' property tax rates per $1,000 of taxable value. The district would use future SAVE (one cent sales tax) and PPEL (Physical Plant & Equipment Levy) reserves to fund 20.7% of the total costs of the middle and high school projects.

Proposed GO Bond & Projects

Bettendorf Middle School

Phased Modernization

Classroom blocks by grade
Demolition and rebuild of 1960s building
New activities entrance
Bleachers addition to gym
400m track w/ center field
Major systems upgrades, code/ADA updates and new finishes

Bettendorf High School

Fine Arts Updates

Band and choir rooms
Instrumental music room

Activities/Athletic Improvements

Auxiliary gym addition
Additional wrestling room
Weight /fitness center

CTE Improvements

Health classroom
Child development classroom
Family and consumer science
Advanced manufacturing programs

Proposed Timeline

GO Bond Petition

Proposition

TO THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF SCOTT, STATE OF IOWA:

We, the undersigned, are eligible electors, reside within the School District and petition the Board of Directors of the School District to call a special election to submit to the voters of the School District the following proposition the purpose of which cannot be accomplished within the limit of one and one-quarter percent of the assessed value of the taxable property within the School District:

Shall the Board of Directors of the Bettendorf Community School District in the County of Scott, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $69,250,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish, and equip new educational spaces at the Middle School building and improve the site; to remodel, improve, renovate, repair, furnish and equip, the remaining portions of the Middle School building and to demolish parts of the Middle School building; to construct, expand, renovate, furnish and equip an athletic complex addition including but not limited to: an auxiliary gym, second wrestling room, fitness center, and associated spaces at the high school campus; and to construct, expand, remodel, renovate, improve, furnish and equip the existing Fine Arts and Career and Technical Education spaces at the High School campus?