The Bond Issue The Lowndes County School District

$44,000,000 LCSD Board of Trustees

Let’s Take a Closer Look Around LCSD Campus and School Perspective Ages of our buildings Campus and School student populations Student Transportation Recent renovations and building projects currently underway Bond Specifics Fee In Lieu Career Technical Center

NHM1955 ALT.1957 NHE CES 1959 CMS1965 CHS1980 WLE1987 NHE K NHH1992 WLHS2000 Age of LCSD Buildings 2015

CAL. 2,112 NH 2,531 WL 539 Cost per Student WLE 315 $8, WLH 224 $14, NHE 1162 $5, NHM 576 $6, NHH 793 $6, CES 1041 $5, CMS 490 $6, CHS 581 $7,507.52

How will it be invested? Career Tech Center $11,000,000 New Hope High School $26,000,000 West Lowndes Schools $2,100,000 Caledonia $4,900,000 All costs include surveys, soil testing, and other soft costs preliminary to actual building.

Caledonia Campus $4,900,000 Campus Master Plan Expand Middle School into K-1 building Renovate portions of the Middle School Move 9th grade to upper elementary for a 9th Grade Academy Demolition of remaining buildings Additional parking Bus loop extension 2 Biology Science Classrooms Field House

What’s been done already? A new CES is currently being built with district funds, note proceeds and lease purchase. The location eases traffic congestion on the campus. $23,000,000 CES has 390 actual cars in their car line every morning and afternoon. That’s 1/3 of their students. (1041) CMS has 179 morning car riders and 132 afternoon car riders. (490) CHS has 52 students that do not ride the bus. (581)

New Hope High School built across the street from the present high school this would remove the high school drivers from the main campus Will allow for rest of Master Plan to occur Moving NHM to current high school Demolish NHE 4-5 Building and some of the current NHM Re-routing traffic MEMA/FEMA Grant for Gymnasium/Storm Shelter New Hope Campus $26,000,000

What’s been done already? Field House $2,000,000 New Hope Elementary has 530 Car riders every day. That is nearly 50% of their student population. (1162) New Hope Middle has about 130 students that do not ride the bus. (576) New Hope High has 400 who do not ride a bus. This is also about 50% of their student population. (793)

West Lowndes Campuses $2,100,000 Elementary School Renovations Parking Lot resurfacing with spaces added Electrically operated bleachers in P.E. Gym Additional air conditioning in P.E. Gym Additional Playground equipment Middle/High School Renovations Team Room for athletics Resurface parking lot 2 additional ticket booths Extend canopy for entrance

What’s been done already? Elementary 4 classrooms Office Set of bathrooms High School Remodeling of the west half of the school (1972) New office suite including a new entrance Repair restrooms New Maintenance building $2,000,000

300 of WLE’s 315 students are bus riders each day. WLH has about 50 students who do not ride a bus to school. (224)

$11,000,000 Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses help students develop marketable job skills and earn national industry certifications needed to achieve their occupational goals.

LCSD Students at EMCC School SemesterStudentsRemedialDegree CHS 2013 Fall Spr Fall NHHS 2013 Fall Spr Fall WLHS 2013 Fall Spr Fall701910

What CTE courses are currently offered at each campus? WLHS Business Masonry NHHS Auto Mechanics Engineering/Rob otics Co-Op CHS Allied Health Carpentry

Did you know that LCSD is part of an elite group in Mississippi? That’s right! We are 1 of 3 district’s in the state whose students don't have access to a career tech center.

CTE students can earn graduate honors as a Mississippi Scholars Tech Master. CTE students can work toward earning National Certifications in 6 different areas including MS Construction Education Foundation.

Mississippi Projected Job Openings by Occupation and Education Level until Less than high school - 57,000 2.Between high school diploma and Associates Degree - 308,000 3.Bachelor’s Degree - 73,000 4.Master’s Degree or Better - 34,000

A few words about taxes…

Fee In Lieu Tax Just what is that anyway? “My taxes won’t go up and Fee In Lieu?” ad valorem means “based on value or worth” It is a property tax based on a percentage of the county’s assessment of the property’s value.

It is actually a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes in the amount of 1/3 of the value of the ad valorem tax. Fee in Lieu was charged in effort to attract industry to the Golden Triangle area. The fee in lieu is paid for 10 years and then it rolls off as the industry begins to pay its’ ad valorem tax. We currently receive over $6,000,000 in fee in lieu. This will continue to roll off and become $18,000,000 in ad valorem dollars. This will be a net increase of $12,000,000 in ad valorem tax over the next 6 years. Fee In Lieu

This presentation was created with my MAC using Keynotes May 12, 2015