On March 10, 2020, voters in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools’ communities were asked to consider a bond proposal for facility and site improvements addressing equity of facilities, enhancing safety and security throughout the school district, furniture and playground upgrades, school bus purchases, and addressing imminent infrastructure and technology needs at most facilities. The district is able to maintain the existing school debt levy (4.02 mills) and offer this bond proposal with ZERO INCREASE to the current tax rate. The total bond issue cost is $275 million.

Estimated ZERO INCREASE to the current annual debt millage rate: If the bond proposal is approved by the voters it is estimated that the annual debt millage required to repay the District’s outstanding and the proposed bonds will remain at or below the current debt millage rate of 4.02 mills. 

The 2020 Bond touches every building in the District with a focus on creating equity across all schools, addressing imminent building and site infrastructure issues, enhancing learning spaces through both remodeling and building, and upgrading technology throughout the District.

Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 34 pages) 

How was this plan developed?

• P-CCS Administration engaged TMP Architecture and McCarthy & Smith to facilitate district-wide visioning sessions. The purpose was to develop potential programming and teaching needs throughout the District. The theme of the sessions was ‘Equity’ at all grade levels.
• As a part of the visioning sessions, the district enlisted a group of Board of Education members, administration, staff, parents, students, and community stakeholders to discuss the imminent infrastructure and programmatic needs within P-CCS.
• The visioning sessions were conducted February 2019 thru May 2019. Members from each school level met independently in order to discuss the needs at their facility.
• Facility and Boundary Study 2019-2020 page contains links to the committee work and presentations
• Following the visioning sessions, a public workshop session with the Board of Education was held to present the findings from the study and provide input and further direction.
• In November, 2019, the Board voted to place the $275 million bond initiative on the ballot. The proposal would result in a ZERO INCREASE to the current tax rate of 4.02 mills.

 Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 34 pages)

Presentation to the P-CCS Board of Education in November 2019

• P-CCS 10 Year Master Plan Presentation (PDF, 35 pages 14 MB)
• P-CCS 10 Year Master Plan Presentation (Google Slides, online)

Print materials

• P-CCS 2020 Bond One Page Handout (PDF, 2 sides) includes a summary and copy of the ballot language

• 2020 Bond Flyers for individual buildings (PDF, 24 pages) one page flyers for each building

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 34 pages, 3MB) (last update 1/9/20)

Presentation

• P-CCS 2020 Bond Official Presentation (Google Slides online) most up to date

• P-CCS 2020 Bond Official Presentation (PDF 26 slides, 9MB)

• P-CCS 2020 Bond Official Presentation (PowerPoint 26 slides, 15MB) may need use PowerPoint Viewer below

Video

P-CCS 2020 Bond Informational Video: 'A Change You Can See' ( 4:46, P-CCS YouTube Channel, 1/23/20)

P-CCS 2020 Bond: Equity. Fiscal Responsibility. Competitive Advantage. ( 3:00, P-CCS YouTube Channel, 2/14/20)

‘Why is the Bond Important’ videos. These are short videos to provide insight from a variety of people on how this bond is important to P-CCS students.