The Burlingame School District will seek $89 million through a potential bond measure to be placed on ballots this year, the Board of Trustees decided at its meeting Jan. 13.
The district must decide by early March if it wishes to place a ballot measure on the June primary ballot, or by early August for the November gubernatorial election.
Without a contracted team to conduct research on a potential bond measure’s success, district staff was responsible for determining what amount would likely pass, and when.
Funds from a bond measure would address “not wants, but needs, necessities,” Superintendent Marla Silversmith said.
Rather than fancy building upgrades, “ongoing costs of re-piping buildings, updating Wi-Fi, making sure we’re prepared … those will be the kinds of things we’re looking at,” Silversmith said.
The district passed its most recent bond, worth $97 million, in March 2020. The bond measure was a $25 tax per $100,000 of assessed property value.
Burlingame School District staff are looking to revise its Facilities Master Plan, last updated in 2016, which could inform what the bond dollars will go toward, staff said at the board meeting.
Note to readers: This article was updated to accurately reflect the decision of the Board of Trustees, and the amount decided upon for a bond measure.
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