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Peviowing <br />Hislory <br />9/94 11/95 <br />Assessing <br />\ Needs <br />11/95 11/96 <br />Developing ^ <br />A Assumptions ^ <br />11/96 1/97 <br />Seeking <br />Solutions . <br />12/96 - 5/97 <br />Selecting ^ <br />Solution j <br />5/97 - Foll/97 <br />y// <br />Bond Referendum Update Community Meeting on May 12 <br />It is time for you to help shape what Orono's school bond referendum will look <br />like by coming to a community-wide meeting on Monday, May 12 at 7:30pm in <br />the Orono Middie School cafeteria. The Board of Education is analyzing six <br />bond referendum options by getting comments and suggestions from the <br />community. The options address the space needs for adequate educational <br />programs for our students, with a major focus on the space needs of our Middle <br />School students. All options represent conservative ways to meet our needs. <br />They range from erecting temporary portabies to remodeling or building a new <br />school and the prices vary from $6,090,000 to $19,800,000. <br />The options preferred by 60 community members at a March 6 meeting and by <br />the Board at its April 1 workshop includes building a new middle school with a <br />modest remodeiing of other schools. The cost of this option is $ 17,250.000. <br />However, the Board feels that the community's suggestions on all six options, <br />not just the one that is preferred at this time, will help in designing a better final <br />plan. The community gave opinions as to each options during eight meetings <br />held throughout April. <br />Although much work has already been completed, much work still remains <br />and your opinions are important to us. Please come to the meeting on May <br />12. If you do not have a copy of the options from the Aprii community meet­ <br />ings, you may pick up a copy in the District Office. <br />Using the community's suggestions, the Board wiii decide late in May on a final <br />plan. From then until fall, the architect, community members and staff mem­ <br />bers wiii further refine the plan and determine the exact cost. It Is anticipated <br />that a bond referendum election wiii be held in the fall of 1997. <br />' <br />• V •• <br />/; j <br />SEkli* V ^ « <br />I •• <br />% <br />i \> <br />; r <br />V <br />Some of the 60+ community members working on solutions for Orono <br />Schools ot the Mo^ch 6 meeting