April 2026 Bond Information

PROPOSITION K.I.D.S.

At the April 7, 2026 election, voters in the Strafford R-VI School District will consider Proposition K.I.D.S., a $16 million No Tax increase general obligation bond focused on facility improvements identified in the district’s long-range master plan. The goal of this facility planning has been to meet the needs and priorities identified through the most recent Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP). The CSIP process identified the district mission: Model Excellence, Set the Standard, and Maximize Potential. This ballot measure is directly tied to that vision!

BALLOT LANGUAGE:

Shall the Board of Education of the Strafford R-VI School District, Missouri, without an estimated increase in the current debt service property tax levy, borrow money in the amount of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) for the purpose of providing funds to expand and upgrade learning environments to support academic growth; to improve District facilities such as the Max Evans Gymnasium, Indian Plaza athletic areas, and the Auditorium with enhanced accessibility and updated public-use features; to make improvements to the agriculture building's instructional spaces; to construct an ADA- accessible playground at the elementary school; to reconfigure parking and traffic flow as needed; to the extent funds are available, complete other repairs and improvements to existing District facilities; and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the School District is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.7000 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.