Summit School District is proposing a bond issue this November, the first in eight years for the district.
It’s worth an estimated $195 million. That comes out to $13 per every $1 million of assessed value on your home, and it pays for a years-long wish list.
Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman spoke with district superintendent Doctor Tony Byrd for an exclusive preview on the bond.
The bond pays for 60 teacher apartments in Silverthorne.
“The No. 1 impact on student learning is having teachers and support staff who are here to stay,” Byrd says. “I think this is a super-exciting opportunity for Summit School District to be forward thinking and on the front edge of what public education can be, and make us the best mountain school district in the state of Colorado.”
The bond pays for a complete rebuild of Breckenridge Elementary.
“Any time you build a new school, people that don’t get the new school are understandably frustrated. ‘What about us?’” Byrd says. “The truth is that on our index from the state, in terms of overall school quality, Breckenridge is by far in the worst situation.”
The bond completely re-imagines the high school campus at Farmers Korner.
“The vision is to build a new version of Snowy Peaks (High School) on the (Summit) high school campus, separated from but part of that larger set of land,” Byrd says. “Then, between the high school and the new Snowy Peaks, an expanded career and technical education innovation center (CET).”
The bond pays for needed maintenance at every existing school.
“HVAC systems, roofs, safety enhancements,” Byrd says. “It will include playgrounds on some school campuses.”
$195 million is the estimated bond value. The school board reveals the final amount in August. It goes to voters in November.