WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — Election Day has arrived in Michigan and ballots will have proposals ranging from marijuana to roads, but perhaps the most common sight on this year’s ballots will be bond proposals for local schools.
In metro Detroit, there is no shortage of high-dollar bonds that have the potential of changing the future of education.
In Walled Lake, the district is proposing a $316 million bond proposal. Last week, the superintendent pointed to a number of shortcomings inside schools from siding falling off the elementary school to breaker boxes being used as makeshift light switches in one classroom.
“We have a great staff, great parents and a great community,” said Ken Guzman, the Walled Lake Consolidated School District Superintendent. “Awful building.”
In St. Clair County, a $148 million bond proposal would overhaul the entire East China School District consolidating three high schools and two middle schools to a single campus on a plot of land near Meisner and King Roads.
Here’s a rundown of the costs voters are being asked to consider at the ballot box this year, with links to the full ballot language:
Wayne County
- Huron Schools - $49 million bond proposal
- Lincoln Park Public Schools - $60.9 million bond proposal
Oakland County
- Clawson Public Schools - Non-homestead illage renewal
- Oak Park School District - Non-Homestead Millage Renewal
- Walled Lake Consolidated Schools - $316 million bond proposal
Macomb County
- Fitzgerald Public Schools - $46.7 million bond proposal
- New Haven Community Schools: $25 million bond proposal
Livingston County
- Howell Public Schools: $39 million bond proposal
Monroe County
- Jefferson Schools - Millage Vote to raise $467,761 per year for the area's recreation program
St. Clair County
- Algonac Community Schools - Renewal of current non-homestead millage
- Croswell-Lexington School District - Sinking Fund Proposal to raise $4.9 million over 10 years.
- East China Schools - $148 million bond proposal
