Sept. 2024| Vol. 34 Iss. 9
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PUBLIC HEARING, INFORMATION MEETINGS SET ON PROPOSED BOND MEASURE FOR SCHOOL UPGRADES By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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ov. 5 will not only be a day voters decide on the nation’s next president, but Murray residents will have a say in the future of Murray School District’s school buildings. As the state doesn’t provide school districts with funding to build or renovate schools, Murray School District is proposing a general obligation bond measure to rebuild Riverview Junior High and add a classroom wing to Murray High School. Voters will have the opportunity to vote to approve the $125-million bond referendum, which will be used to construct those facilities. School district officials say $90 million will be used for Riverview’s new school building while $35 million will be earmarked for Murray High’s additional classroom wing and security improvements. The school district will hold four bond measure information meetings. Those will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The first will be Sept. 4 at Riverview Junior High, 751 Tripp Lane, and a second, Sept. 10, at Murray High School, 5440 S. State St. The last two will both be Oct. 1 and Oct. 7 at the school district office, 5102 Commerce Dr. A bond measure public hearing is set for 5 p.m., Sept. 12 at the school district office. Additionally, information tables will be available at parent-teacher conferences Sept. 23-24 at the elementary schools, Sept. 25 at Murray High and Sept. 25-26 at the ju-
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If a general obligation bond measure passes in November, Murray High School will add a new classroom wing. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
nior high schools. The bond measure will be on the November ballot. A simple majority is required for approval. In the past 40 years, Murray School District has sought two previous bonds, both passed—one to rebuild Hillcrest
Junior High in 2012 and provide seismic upgrades to the district’s schools, and a second one in 2001 to rebuild Murray High.
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