Unit 4 Board President Kloeppel On Survey Results, Referendum Plans
The front entrance at Champaign Central High School, which would be renovated and expanded under a recommendation from a special facilities committee. Jeff Bossert/Illinois Public Media
After failed bond issues the last two years, the Champaign Unit 4 school board expects to try a third time this fall to upgrade school facilities. The board has less than two weeks to decide how many buildings will be part of it, and how much it’s asking taxpayers to support.
Unit 4 has already dropped a controversial plan to move Champaign Central High School to the north edge of town, in favor of a plan to expand it on its present site.
A recent phone survey of 100 voters conducted by Unicom ARC asked some of those questions, the results of which were discussed by the school board Monday night.
Board President Chris Kloeppel says the board now has less than two weeks to decide whether to pursue a high-end, $257-million plan for work on six different buildings, or bond about $1-million less, and focus on expanding Champaign’s two high schools.
Kloeppel says if any projects are left out of a fall referendum, they'll become the next priorities as part of Unit 4's strategic plan
Illinois Public Media’s Jeff Bossert talked to Kloeppel on the board’s plans moving forward.
Links
- Unit 4 Centennial ‘Town Hall’ Brings Out Referendum Backers
- Unit 4 Shows Off Facilities Plans At ‘Town Hall’ Meeting
- Unit 4 Board President Discusses Tier II Committee Report
- Unit 4 Committee Wants Central HS Renovated
- Unit 4’s Wiegand Discusses Facilities, Funding, & More
- Unit 4 Committee Hears From Administration On School Facility Needs
- Unit 4 School Board Secures Options On Sites Near Central High
- Unit 4’s Bonnett Discusses Failed Referenda, Board Turnover, And Future Of School Facilities
- Voters Again Reject Unit 4’s School Construction Initiative
- Champaign’s Unit 4 Schools Begin Tours Before $144 Million Referendum Vote
- Unit 4 survey results