BOND REFERENDUM
IOWA VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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The Iowa Valley Community School District will hold a special election on March 7th, 2023 to authorize general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $10,614,000 for facility and learning environment improvements.   BALLOT QUESTION Coming Soon!   HOW WE GOT HERE The Iowa Valley CSD School Board, along with the District’s administration, reviewed findings from a comprehensive facility assessment and prioritized the identified needs during a series of board workshops. May 2022: Comprehensive Facilities Assessment conducted by SitelogIQ - assess physical, educational, functional needs August 2022: Board assessment review - facility assessment review is presented to the school board and district administration October 2022: Board comprehensive review including prioritizations, project scenarios, potential costs November 2022: Board workshopping potential solutions/projects November 21, 2022 - January 6, 2023: Bond Petition Circulated January 11, 2023: Board Approval of Petition/Resolution calling for election January 19, 2023: Petition Filing Deadline March 7, 2023: Election   PROJECT SCORE HIGHLIGHTS The bond project is primarily focused on replacement and upgrading of the building systems and improving learning environments and security for students and staff. Safe and Healthy Spaces Create safe and secure entry Improved ventilation and HVAC Upgrade outdated electrical systems Replace fire alarm system Replace roofing Learning Environments Update Career and Technical Education (CTE) space LED lighting upgrades   PROJECT SCOPE DETAILS Safe and Healthy Spaces The existing Junior/Senior High entry has administration spaces on both sides of the entry hallway but currently allows visitors access to the building without passing through a secure check-in. The project will create a secure entry by remodeling and reconfiguring existing administrative spaces. Junior/Senior High classrooms are currently heated by many original steam radiators and steam piping that is well beyond its intended useful life. The classrooms currently have no ventilation or cooling. The project includes installing a new ventilation and cooling system to serve offices, classrooms and corridors and includes new hot water piping. Existing electrical systems in the Junior/Senior High schools are original to their respective building additions and have far exceeded their expected service life. Current electrical systems are not capable of supporting increased load associated with new ventilation and cooling systems. The project includes upgrading electrical service and distribution systems to meet NEC standards and building electrical loads. The fire alarm system at the Junior/Senior High School is out of date and beyond its expected service life. The project includes replacing the fire alarm system. The Elementary and Junior/Senior High Schools both have roofing systems that are actively leaking and well beyond expected service life. The project includes replacing the roofing systems at both schools. Learning Environments The current Career and Technical Education (CTE) shop and classroom spaces do not provide a learning environment that supports current teaching standards and curriculum needs of students. The project will update and remodel the existing CTE learning environments to meet current teaching standards and provide students with an opportunity to learn career and technical skills. The existing lighting systems in both the elementary and Junior/Senior High Schools utilize outdated fluorescent technology. Fluorescent lighting is less efficient in terms of energy costs and does not support an optimal indoor learning environment. The project includes installing new LED lighting technologies that will result in significant energy/budget savings as well as enhance student learning environments.   DID YOU KNOW? District has no existing bond debt Windmills will be reducing tax burden on an annual basis as they come online District has managed past projects and deferred maintenance work without tax payer debt; however, 50 year old infrastructure is coming due now.   ATTEND OUR OPEN HOUSE INFORMATIONAL MEETING TO LEARN MORE! REFERENDUM OPEN HOUSE Information coming soon! LEARN MORE! CONTACT Curt Rheingans, Superintendent crheingans@ivcsd.org 563-210-4948 FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook