THE PLAN

A fiscally responsible plan to serve our communities for years to come.

What is the Plan?

A Solution to Serve All Learners
A One-Question Bond Referendum on February 10, 2026

The one-question Right Plan. Right Now! Bond Referendum for Buildings addresses serious needs within the district: 

  • A performing arts center addition on the west end of the high school would support band, choir, and theater programs performances, including rehearsal spaces, practice rooms,  a green room, set construction/storage spaces, and prop storage rooms. This space will also be designated as the school’s  storm shelter to meet MDE’s requirements.

  • Security enhancements at the two elementary schools, middle school, and high school.

  • A new weight room to address existing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) challenges. 

  • Renovations at the high school to address deteriorating plumbing, outdated science rooms, ADA compliance, undersized and outdated learning spaces, outdated library/media center, and undersized cafeteria spaces, and the outdated home economics/FACS classroom.

How Will the Money be Spent?

Q: Does increasing funding for schools have any effect on academic outcomes?

A: The most rigorous research shows that, as scholars C. Kirabo Jacson and Claudia Persico put it, “there is a strong causal relationship between increased school spending and student achievement.”

To read the scholar’s review of that research, please visit: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pam.22520. 

Site Plans

Sanford Elementary School

  • Secure entry enhancements through renovation of a current classrooms and the adjacent vestibule into the main office with secure entrance

  • Current office to be renovated into a classroom and smaller special education spaces o Additional renovation to create a staff work room with unisex toilet rooms 

Ramsey Elementary School

  • Secure entry enhancements through renovation of two current special education classrooms and the adjacent vestibule into the main office with secure entrance 

  • Current office to be renovated into special education classrooms 

  • Additional renovation to create a staff work room with unisex toilet rooms

Montevideo Middle School

  • Secure entry enhancements through renovation of the current office and adjacent vestibule

Montevideo High School

  • Site improvements in support of a band, choir, and auditorium addition as well as a second addition for a new weight/fitness center (to address existing Americans with Disabilities Act challenges)

  • Addition on west end of school to include band and choir rehearsal spaces with supporting practice rooms. This space will be the storm shelter

  • Addition on west end of school of an auditorium, lobby, and auditorium support spaces such as a green room, set construction/storage spaces, and prop storage rooms

  • Addition on south end of school, west side of existing gymnasium for a new weight/fitness center that will replace the currently non ADA compliant space

Project Milestone

Date

Timeline for Bond Project to be Completed

Mid-February - December 2026

Design/Construction Documents: High School

July - December 2026

Design/Construction Documents: Elementary Schools and Middle School

January 2027

Bidding

June - August 2027

Construction: Elementary Schools and Middle School

June - August 2027 and June - August 2028

Remodeling: High School

April 2027 - August 2028

Additions: High School

August 2027

Occupancy: Elementary Schools and Middle School

August 2027 and August 2028

Occupancy: High School