Voters in the Sioux Center Community School District in northwest Iowa are going to the polls Tuesday to vote on a nearly 25-million dollar bond issue to build a new high school. Sioux Center School Board President Tim Gesink says all buildings are over capacity.
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A consultant has been working with the district for many years and told the school leaders about eight years ago, Sioux Center should be thinking about a fourth campus. Gesink says two years ago the consultant again said they needed to look at the four-campus plan.
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Gesink says the growth of Sioux Center probably isn’t going to change soon, and the school district needs to be prepared for the educational needs of a growing community.
Property owners within the Sioux Center School District would see a modest tax increase if the bond passes. Residential properties will see a 37-cent increase for each one-thousand dollars valuation while agricultural land owners can expect a 52 cent per acre assessment. The polls are open until eight o’clock tonight.