Cedar Falls Parents/Guardians and Community Members,
At Monday night's board meeting, the Cedar Falls School Board approved a bond issue question for a June 25 special school election. If approved, the bond would allow the district to build a new high school on 50 acres of district-owned land on West 27th Street in Cedar Falls. The estimated cost of the project is $112.8 million. The bond question itself would ask voters to approve $69.9 million as the remainder of the project would be covered by one-cent sales tax for school infrastructure projects, an extension of SAVE (Secure an Advanced Vision for Education).
The board approved the bond question after an exhaustive multi-year process to conduct a comprehensive review of the high school's facilities and capacity needs. This process included a community-wide survey and several informational sessions in which parents and community members were invited to tour the current high school and ask questions of board members and administrators.
The proposed new high school would be much safer and feature controlled entries that would allow for visibility and access to and from the building, while removing the challenges associated with multiple open doors throughout the day. The building would be configured for improved accessibility, greater efficiency and better traffic flow around the site compared to the school's current site. There would also be much improved and safer parking for students, parents, visitors and community members.
If approved, the bond would result in an estimated tax impact of $10.77/month per $100,000 of assessed property valuation.
We would like to thank you for your input, feedback and questions as we have worked to examine needs at the high school and develop a potential solution. To learn more about this process and the proposed project, please visit:
https://bond.cfschools.org.
