Hancock Public Schools’ (HPS) voters approved a $13 million referendum bond in Tuesday’s Nov. 4 election.
Leading up to election day, the district explained that this was an opportunity to redress its bond structure and fund $13 million in projects without raising taxes since residents already pay the schools’ bond millage.
Some of the projects includes brickwork on the exterior of the high school, middle school campus, and Barkell Elementary as well as address needs with facilities’ HVAC systems.
With this two-phase approach, it’s also going to be delegated per campus in some ways. So, we’ll have work done at Barkell. We’ll have work done here at high school and middle school. And so, the way it’s shaping out is we must put in the milestones and timelines associated with those working windows uh in the summer months. And that’s actually what’s next in the process is to be able to uh specifically identify those milestone dates. – Chris Salani, Superintendent, Hancock Public Schools
OHM Advisors, a Hancock engineering and design firm, provided Hancock public schools with an infrastructure needs assessment in 2024 that identified potential projects. The district will continue working with ohm to prepare for work during summer sessions. Hancock public schools will complete work over two phases and identify priority work for each facility. Superintendent Chris Salani thanked the more than 1,000 people who participated in the election. The measure was passed by voters in a vote of 651 to 454.
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