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1. Introduction

THANK YOU for providing your input on this quick survey.

The NMSD Board will be asking citizens to vote on a capital facilities bond on February 3, 2009. A committee of community members has been working for several years to create a plan to ease overcrowding at the high school, replace aging systems, improve student safety, bring schools up to code, and address age-related deterioration.

The cost of a full modernization and rehabilitation of our facilities is $58 million, at a tax rate of approximately $1.77 per thousand dollars of assessed property value. While the School Board agrees that all parts of the project are needed, the Board is considering reducing the project in order to reduce the tax.

Your input will help the Board finalize a plan that meets our most pressing needs while earning the community's support.

Again, thank you.

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* 1. The $58 million project would buy the community a new middle school, convert the newer (1982) portion of Hawkins MS into high school classroom, add a full sized cafeteria/commons and new PE/gym to the high school, add a covered play area for Sand Hill Elementary, and create safer traffic and parking patterns for Belfair Elementary. The project would also replace systems (pumps, boilers, etc) that are beyond their life expectancy.

If this were the proposal placed on the ballot, to what extent would you support it?

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* 2. The Board is considering reducing the proposed project by delaying the construction of a new middle school.

This smaller project would add a full sized cafeteria/commons and new PE/gym to the high school, modernize and repair Hawkins and NMHS and add eight classrooms to NMHS. The project would also add a covered play area for Sand Hill Elementary and create safer traffic and parking patterns for Belfair Elementary. The project would also replace systems (pumps, boilers, etc) that are beyond their life expectancy.

The total cost of this option would be $34 million at an estimated tax rate of $1.19/thousand.

If this were the proposal placed on the ballot, to what extent would you support it?

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* 3. The Board could reduce the proposed project even more by not constructing new PE facilities for NMHS.

In support of including the gym, the school was built for 500 students, and now serves nearly 800 students. The law now requires more PE for high school students, and there is not room. We do not have enough courts to run athletic team practices or support community activities (such as PeeWee sports teams). Additionally, replacing the gym during the proposed project is far less expensive than delaying the building of the gym, and later building the gym as a "stand alone" project.

In support of excluding the gym, dropping the gym would bring the project costs down to approximately $30 million at at estimated tax rate of $1.05/thousand, saving taxpayers approximately 14 cents per thousand in the short term.

What is your advice to the board about the gym/PE facility?

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* 4. Of the options under consideration, which would you support? Select EVERY OPTION that you would support if placed on the ballot.

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* 5. In which category would you place yourself? Please select ALL THAT APPLY.

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