COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Community School District has scheduled what is being called a Town Hall input session with community members and those involved with the district for next Tuesday night after district voters turned down a pair of ballot proposals last month.
The one hour session will be held in the Coldwater High School library starting at 6:00 p.m.. The discussion will focus on what steps should be taken next by the district.
A $50 million bonding proposal for what district officials called needed upgrades at the high school was defeated 1,929 to 1,686. The upgrades would have included a building wide air conditioning system and new educational technology along with a full remodel. It failed to pass in 10 of the 12 precincts. It was only approved in the City of Coldwater’s first and third wards. All of the townships that feed into the school district said no.
For now, the district have to make do with the conditions in the nearly 65-year-old high school where the original part of the building is starting to show its age.
A second proposal for a $17 million bond and a increase of point-39 mills that would have funded a 950 seat auditorium was soundly defeated 2,194 to 1,412 as it lost in all 12 precincts. It’s the second time in six years that voters in the district have turned thumbs down to a ballot proposal to build an auditorium at the high school.
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