Sioux Center, Iowa — Voters in the Sioux Center Community School District have approved a $24.9 million bond issue to build a new high school in Sioux Center.
According to the Sioux County Auditor’s Office, there were 1396 yes votes and 432 no votes. That works out to a percentage of 76.37% yes, to 23.63% no. The bond issue needed a 60% supermajority to pass.
The results become official when they are canvassed by the Sioux County Board of Supervisors.
Original story, posted Feb 5th, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.:
Sioux Center, Iowa — Today is voting day in Sioux Center. Voters are going to the poll to decide the fate of a $24.9 million bond referendum.
According to Sioux Center Schools Superintendent Gary McEldowney, they are out of room in the current three school buildings, and the money would go to help pay for a fourth building. The new high school is to be where the current Sioux Speedway is, on the Sioux County Fairgrounds, just to the northeast of the current football field.
He says in the last 10 years, the student population has risen by 300 students, and the projection is for there to be 500 more students in the next 10 years, for a total of 800 more than in 2008.
According to the website detailing the bond issue, bondissue.org/warriors/, the 20-year referendum would mean approximately an additional $40 per year in taxes for the average homeowner. The site says the district will be using $14.7 million of money they already have on hand as well, for a total project cost somewhere around $39.6 million.
The Sioux County Auditor’s office says there is only one polling place for the election — the Terrace View Event Center on Sioux Center’s south side. They tell us polls are open until 8:00 p.m. this evening.
