Dexter Community Schools' residents will vote Tuesday, May 6, 2008, on a bond proposal totaling $47,890,000. This proposal includes bus replacement, energy efficiency improvements, purchasing land for future growth, making infrastructure improvements, purchasing musical instruments, making improvements to performance areas, addressing ADA requirements at Copeland and the Senior Center and purchasing technology hardware. It also includes improving and developing sites including playgrounds and athletic fields.

Bonds are like a mortgage for a school district. Because it is difficult to find sufficient cash from operating funds to pay for major projects without cutting other parts of the budget and there are limitations on the amount of operating funds which can be used to pay for improvements, they sell bonds. The bonds allow schools to borrow money for major projects and pay it off over a period of up to 30 years.

State law prohibits use of bond dollars for administration or staff salaries.