WYOMING, Mich. — School officials at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools met Monday night to discuss plans to rebuild portions of Lee Middle/High School after the roof collapsed and caused extensive damage last summer.
The school board was presented a final plan for repairs in the first of two meetings.
A bond proposal to raise $18 million is being considered. The bond vote would call for an increase of about 1.6 mills, which for the average homeowner in Godfrey Lee, is an increase of $5.50 per month.
The money would go towards upgrading the high school through updated classrooms, a new band room, cafeteria, even more parking and changes to the old library.
Superintendent Kevin Polston said the school will also try to make the building more universally accessible, by relocating community spaces to lower levels and keeping those with different abilities in mind.
"Our students deserve the best. And when you look around neighboring communities and we see some of the building that's going on, and while our community just due to our tax base, doesn't have some of the financial means to do it, our students still deserve the same high level learning environments as any other student. And we owe it to them to provide the best that we can provide," Polston said.
The Michigan Department of Education has to approve the bond proposal before it can be placed on the ballot, but it could make it there as early as November. If voters approve, the construction would take between January 2021 and Fall 2023 and wrap up late 2023.
The next meeting will take place on March 23.
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