We have gone to great lengths to point out the fact that school improvement bonds, like the one we are proposing on November 8, are vital to our ability to maintain the facilities we have in the District.

This is true for school districts across the state. It is how major projects get done, because school districts do not have the means to pay for major projects out of the general fund (since the vast majority of the general fund is reserved for personnel costs).

In Lapeer, we haven’t passed a school improvement bond since 2007. The vast majority of the funds from that bond went to the construction/renovation of our two middle schools (Zemmer and Rolland-Warner) which remain as our two best buildings.

Below, you can see examples of bonds that have passed in our region since 2000. There are large districts, small districts and everything in between.

The takeaway is pretty straightforward: school districts require school improvement bonds to improve schools.

Passed School Bonds in our Region Since 2000

District	Date(s)	Total Funds
Almont Community Schools	September 2002	$22 Million
Atherton Community Schools	September 2001 August 2020	$20 Million
Beecher Community School District	February 2007	$3 Million
Bendle Public Schools	November 2005	$15 Million
Bentley Community Schools	June 2004 May 2006 August 2014 May 2020	$13 Million
Brandon School District	May 2006 November 2021	$99 Million
Clarkston Community School District	June 2003 August 2016	$159 Million
Clio Area Schools	May 2020	$40 Million
Davison Community Schools	Feb. 2013 March 2020	$83 Million
Dryden Community Schools	September 2002	$6 Million
Fenton Area Public Schools	May 2014 May 2006	$35 Million
Flushing Community Schools	November 2017 June 2003	$43 Million
Goodrich Area Schools	June 2000 February 2011 August 2020	$62 Million
Grand Blanc Community Schools	March 2004 November 2015 May 2020	$213 Million
Holly Area School District	June 2003 May 2006 November 2018 May 2022	$178 Million
Imlay City Schools	April 2003 November 2019	$44 Million
Kearsley Community Schools	May 2022	$21 Million
Lake Fenton Community Schools	March 2022 November 2017	$42 Million
Lake Orion Community Schools	November 2018 March 2002 March 2000	$260 Million
Lakeville Community Schools	March 2000 August 2012 November 2019	$27 Million
Linden Community Schools	November 2020 September 2003	$90 Million
Montrose Community Schools	February 2011	$14 Million
Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools	May 2020	$11 Million
North Branch Area Schools	September 2005	$39 Million
Oxford Area Community Schools	September 2001 November 2009 November 2017	$122 Million
Swartz Creek Community Schools	November 2018	$48 Million
Waterford School District	August 2020 March 2016 June 2003	$350 Million

The above bond data was taken from State Qualified School Bond Election Results data from the Michigan Department of Treasury.

For more information the LCS 2022 Zero-Tax-Increase School Improvement Bond, e-mail Jared Field, LCS Director of Communications, at jared.field@lapeerschools.org.