I intend to vote for the school bond issue on April 2, and here are my reasons why.
The current high school building was completed in 1916, 103 years ago, at a cost of $100,000.
The current Jefferson and Lincoln elementary schools, and the vocational arts building east of the high school, were completed in 1939, 80 years ago, at a total cost of $319,000 with $173,422 coming from the federal governments WPA program and the rest, $145,578, coming from local taxes.
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