Albany's school children need YOUR vote of support!
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Good schools are the backbone of our community. Albany's kids deserve safe and healthy classrooms and learning environments that will prepare them for the careers of the 21st century. After two years of planning, community meetings, a 30-citizen committee, numerous School Board work sessions and professional research, your school board voted to place Bond Measure 22-62 on the ballot. Total cost would be $55 million.
Update: Property owners would pay approximately $1.63 per thousand dollars of assessed value throughout the 10.5 year period of the bond.
Election Day is November 7. Residents who are not already registered must register by October 17. Voter registration forms are available in schools, at county elections offices and online at Oregon Secretary of State Election Division.
Four goals guided us:
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Making sure our schools were safe and healthy
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Making sure our students and teachers have the tools they need so our kids can compete for college or for the careers of the 21 st century
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Providing additional classrooms so that all of our students have open space in which to learn
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Making sure taxpayer dollars would be spent wisely, on our classrooms and facilities, not on administrative overhead
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Most of Albany 's schools are more than half a century old. Every school needs equipment fixed, replaced and updated!
We must:
• Replace pipes to improve our kids drinking water
• Fix heating and ventilation systems (some of our boilers are so old you can't get parts anymore!)
• Replace roofs
• To ensure safety: Update fire equipment and emergency exits, fix hazardous pavement, replace deteriorating gym floors, and renovate unsafe high school track
• Schools must be made more accessible for our disabled students, because all of Albany 's kids deserve a chance to learn
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
Many classrooms were designed and built before World War II . No one knew then how technology would affect our lives and the future of our children. Today's schools must become learning centers for the 21 st century.
That means:
• Upgrading electrical capacity and wiring to accommodate computers and other technology our kids need (some classrooms have only two electrical outlets!)
• Upgrading our science labs (some don't even have sinks!)
• Modernizing our libraries
• Providing new technology centers at our high schools
GROWTH – Albany 's rapidly increasing student population needs more space!
Classroom overcrowding is a fact. This Bond Measure will:
• Add classrooms at Takena, Tangent, Oak, North Albany Middle School , South Albany High School and West Albany High School
• Build a new school east of I-5
TAXPAYER SAFEGUARDS
An independent accountability committee will guarantee Bond funds go directly where they are needed the most – to classrooms, to the school buildings and to the most critically needed renovations and improvements.
• Money cannot be spent on administrative overhead or salaries.
• The committee includes community leaders, parents, teachers, builders and accountants – they will make sure YOUR MONEY IS SPENT WISELY, and only on what you voted for!
We need safe schools for our kids, but we also need safeguards for the taxpayers.
So, we're on our way! Now we need your help. Sign up to volunteer today. Tell us you'll be able to walk your neighborhoods. Send us a donation.
