School Board Votes To Adopt Bond Issuance Resolution

Dubuque Community School District residents in November will decide the fate of a proposed $150 million bond issuance. School board members voted, 6-0, at their meeting Monday to adopt a resolution ordering an election on the issuance of $150 million in general obligation bonds. If approved by at least 60% of voters on November 7th, the bond would be used to fund a variety of projects across the district. The most notable would be a new middle school at the current site of Washington Middle School as part of the district’s efforts to consolidate from three to two middle schools. A report says that the move would save the district an estimated $3.4 million in annual operating costs and create feeder schools to the district’s two high schools.