Future Forward to Host Community Meeting Wednesday (10.08) for $30 Million CCHS Bond
Future Forward CC Bond 2025 invites voters in the Charles City School District to a Community Meeting Wednesday (10.08) night to learn more about the $30 million bond referendum to pay for renovations, upgrades and improvements to the high school, originally constructed over 65 years ago.
Among several items included in the overhaul is new HVAC and air handling systems. Longtime former teacher Jim Lundberg, who still subs at the High School, posted a Facebook video over the weekend from the unairconditioned building on the heels of five straight days when temps in Charles City pushed into the mid-to-upper 80s.
Mayor Dean Andrews supports the bond, noting it will allow for changes at CCHS that regular school finances can’t afford.
Andrews adds that schools, housing and jobs go hand-in-hand to attracting people to town.
The Bond Community Meeting at CCHS begins at 6:30 pm and will include tours of the building.
Passage of the bond on November 4th requires a 60% supermajority YES vote.
**Bond language as it will appear on the ballot November 4th
Shall the Board of Directors of the Charles City Community School District in the Counties of Chickasaw and Floyd, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 to provide funds for completing needed upgrades including but not limited to safety, security systems, building code and ADA requirements by removing portions of the existing High School building and reconstructing, building, furnishing and equipping additions, including related remodeling and site improvements; and to remodel, renovate, improve, repair, furnish, and equip other portions of the existing High School?
