Projects Proposed For Entire District In Monday's Vote
PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT IN MONDAY’S VOTE:
Map Identifies School, Library Needs of Area
The numbers on the map identify the locations of the 20 projects which the School Board is proposing. Here is the key:
1 A 12-room elementary school on the Pioneer High School site on West Stadium Blvd.
2 A three-room addition to Clinton School on Birch Hollow Drive.
3 A two-room addition to Mitchell School on Pittsview Drive.
4 A two-room addition to Pittsfield School on Pittsfield Blvd.
5 A three-room addition to Newport School on Newport Road.
6 A junior high school, Ann Arbor’s fifth, at Nixon and Bluett Roads.
7 The sixth junior high school, on the Pioneer High site. Only planning funds for this are now sought; construction is several years away.
8 The first stage of Ann Arbor’s third high school, at Maple Road and the Northbelt bypass.
9 The second of the high school’s two stages. Only planning money for this is requested now, so the Board will be ready to build it when the time comes.
10 An addition to the Main Public Library at Fifth Avenue and William Street.
11 An addition to the Loving Branch on Creek Drive.
12 A branch library on Pauline Blvd.
13 A branch library in the Plymouth Road area of northeastern Ann Arbor.
14 A Building and Grounds Facility on the Pioneer High Site, to serve the entire school system.
15 An Apprentice Training Facility on the Pioneer high site, also to serve the entire system.
16 An Administration Building for the system on the Pioneer High site.
17 Renovations at Slauson Junior High on Washington Street.
18 Renovations at Tappan Junior High on Stadium Blvd.
19 Renovations at Mack School on Miller Avenue.
20 Smaller renovation projects at a number of other schools.
KEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Will $15.5 million be enough to build all ■ * the facilities listed?
Q. Will $15.5 million be enough to build all the facilities listed?
A. The Board cannot guarantee this because it cannot control bidding variables. But the Board is pledged to do all possible to keep within the building budgets. Having the funds to plan ahead is an important factor in this.
Q. Will the Board be asking voters for additional operating millage this spring?
A. Yes. The school tax was reduced by one mill in 1967, when state legislation freed a $2.7 million reserve fund for current use. With this now gone, additional millage will be needed to make up for it and to meet any increases in operating costs.
Q. Will further bond proposals be presented soon?
A. Probably not until 1972, when some $7 million may be sought for the sixth junior high and the second stage of the third high school.
Q. Who may vote?
A. By state law, only property owners and their spouses may vote in a bond referendum.
Q. Where will the polling places be?
A. Just as in past elections: At Jones, Burns Park, Angell, Eberwhite, Haisley, Wines, and Stone schools. They will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Absentee ballots will be available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the schools’ Administration Building, 1220 Wells Street.
Q. Is further information available?
A. Certainly. A 15-page document which attempts to answer all questions is available at the Administration Building. And you are invited to call the School Board office at 665-7711 or any of the members listed on the opposite page.
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