Welcome
Welcome to “Up to the minute,” the Garden City Telegram’s blog for tracking developments in the USD 457 bond issue, set to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. This will be an open notebook to give readers an inside look at the latest developments in the bond issue campaign before they make it to the newspaper.
The $97.5 million bond issue would cover the following:
- Construction of a new, 2,000-student Garden City High School (with room for expansion to fit 2,250) on 92 acres of land north of Mary Street and east of Campus Drive, inside the U.S. Highway 50/400 Bypass.
- Conversion of the main GCHS building into a middle school.
- Conversion of GCHS’s J.D. Adams Hall into an alternative high school, with other functions also likely.
- Conversion of Abe Hubert Middle School into an elementary school.
- Expansion of Garfield Elementary School into a centralized early childhood center.
This and other upcoming Telegram blogs are intended to be sources of information, but also forums for community dialogue. It will be our job to keep you up to date on the bond issue and campaign, but we ask that you also help by submitting your comments and questions. I’ll occassionally ask you questions, and I’ll try to find the answers to yours so that there’s generally more information available. I look forward to hearing from you!
Emily Behlmann
Web Editor/Education Reporter
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Thank you, Emily, for providing this venue of opportunity for dialogue and debate about this very important topic. You have provided a lot of information and I hope it will spark questions and communication that will satisfy voters and ensure large participation at the polls on November 4.