Voters to decide on $28.5M for Halstead-Bentley schools

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Halstead-Bentley School District, USD 440, is asking voters to approve a $28.5 million bond issue on Tuesday. The vote will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

There will only be one polling place. All registered USD 440 voters will vote at Halstead High School Gym regardless of whether they live in Harvey or Sedgwick County.

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USD 440 wants the $28.5 million so it can make additions and improvements to:

• Bentley Primary School

  • A secured entry

  • Renovate and modernize the library, classrooms, cafeteria, restrooms, special education areas and gym

• Halstead Middle School

  • New entrance for facility activities

  • Renovate and modernize Pre-K classrooms, cafeteria and restrooms

• Halstead High School

  • A secured entry addition and improvements

  • 7th- and 8th-grade addition

  • Weight room addition

  • Girls’ locker room addition

  • Administration offices and conference room addition

  • Performing arts and rehearsal space classroom addition

  • Renovate and modernize the auditorium, classroom, and industrial arts spaces

• Renovate all district facilities, including

  • A replacement press box at the football facility

  • New softball and baseball fields

Voting yes would mean agreeing to the project. Voting no would be against the project.

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In the meantime, this is the complete wording of the bond issue:

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