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Measure K School Improvement and Construction Roseville Joint Union High School District Bond Issue 3,626 / 83.6% Yes votes ...... 711 / 16.4% No votes
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Results as of Nov 25 1:17pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (7/7) |
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To relieve school overcrowding and enhance student safety; to design, acquire property, construct and equip a new high school; to provide new classrooms and related facilities on existing campuses, and to remain current with new technology, shall Roseville Joint Union High School District issue $65.3 million of bonds at legal interest rates, appoint a Citizens' Oversight Committee, and perform annual audits to ensure no bond money is used for administrators' salaries?
The District Board of Trustees ("Board") has determined, and has declared in Resolution No. 0064, that certain properties and equipment within the District need to be acquired, constructed, improved, and equipped to enable the District to enhance the educational opportunities of the students in the District. This includes a need to design, acquire property, construct and equip a new high school, to provide new classrooms and related facilities on existing campuses and remain current with new technology to relieve school overcrowding and enhance student safety. In accordance with the Smaller Classes, Safer Schools and Financial Accountability Act ("Proposition 39"), and related implementing legislation, the Board has determined and resolved the following:
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News and Analysis
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Arguments For Measure K | Arguments Against Measure K |
Measure K will accomplish two important things for our local schools: relieve
school overcrowding and upgrade classroom technology throughout our schools
and educational facilities.
First, Measure K will relieve school overcrowding by building a new school and adding new classrooms to existing schools. Second, Measure K will ensure that our schools are equipped with the most modern technology and computers, giving our students access to the tools they will need to succeed. Our schools are overcrowded. Soon, the district will be asked to serve 3,000 students over its capacity. If we do not solve our overcrowding problem, our children's education will severely suffer. Measure K will address the overcrowding in our schools. Measure K will construct new classrooms at our local schools, including Roseville High, Woodcreek High, Oakmont High, Granite Bay High and Adelante High. Measure K will also allow us to build a new high school further relieving the problem of overcrowding. Without this new high school, over 1,200 students will face being bused to schools outside of their community. Measure K will allow us to ensure that technology increases our students' educational opportunities -- better preparing our students for the technological demands of the 21st century. Measure K is supported by a broad coalition of community members. Local homeowners, teachers, business owners and parents support Measure K because it will allow us to continue providing a quality educational experience for our students. By law, not one penny of Measure K funds can be spent on school salaries or administration. All funds must go toward the building of a new school and educational facilities. A Citizen's Oversight Committee will be appointed and will annually review expenditures to ensure that Measure K funds are used as promised. Please join us in voting Yes on Measure K. /s Mark Beck, Battalion Chief /s Sondra M. Myles, Oakmont High School Teacher /s Roger L. Semple, Roseville Senior Commission Chairman /s Cathy Macaulay, Parent/Roseville Businesswoman /s Rex Clark, Sun City-Roseville Community Association, Past President
| In 1992, Roseville voters approved another high school bond that will be paid off in
year 2019.
Roseville residents have paid the vast majority of the cost for Roseville area High Schools and will pay the lion's share of the cost of a new school in Antelope if this bond measure passes. Providing the Antelope area with its own school is a luxury that we can't afford. The residents of Antelope purchased their homes with the understanding that their children would attend Woodcreek High School. There was no commitment Roseville residents would pay for a school close to their homes. Measure K is $14.2 million less than the Measure defeated in March 2002, and there is no bond money to upgrade Roseville schools. The school district is pinning its hopes that the $14.2 million will be made up by the Legislature or state bonds - risking Roseville schools. The school district has stated that Roseville has the tax base to build a school, but Antelope doesn't. Antelope parents are unhappy that their children are being bussed to schools out of their neighborhood, but Roseville students have been bussed for years to schools across town. The school district's policy of open enrollment has created the problem of overcrowding or low enrollment in many schools. The district has not aggressively explored redistricting or changing school boundaries which could avoid the necessity to build another school. There is a high school in Sacramento County within about one mile of the Antelope development. It isn't fair to continually ask Roseville residents to build new schools or upgrade older schools because of irresponsible growth. Vote No on Measure K /s Hugh Terrell Moss, 35 Year High School Teacher /s Judy A. German, Roseville Parent /s Terry Dee Webb, Real Estate Broker
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