Menlo Park City Elementary

Elementary School District

To upgrade Encinal, Laurel, Oak Knoll and Hillview schools, improve campus security, upgrade seismic safety, replace/repair aging buildings, acquire classroom air conditioning, and modernize learning technology, shall Menlo Park City School District's measure authorizing $123.6 million in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying approximately $18.60 per$ l 00,000 of assessed value (raising $8.5 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, citizen oversight committee, no money for administrators, and all funds benefitting local public schools?

Shall the measure to: protect outstanding public schools; attract and retain high quality teachers; support core academic and enrichment programs; and ensure reasonable class size at Encinal, Laurel, Oak Knoll, and Hillview schools by renewing the expiring Menlo Park City School District parcel tax at a new rate of $598 per parcel, expiring after 12 years, providing $4,600,000 annually, with senior exemptions, annual adjustments, independent oversight, and all funds staying local, be adopted?

To maintain our community commitment to existing small class sizes, high qualify teachers and comprehensive academic programs, and renew the expiring educational special tax, shall the Menlo Park City Elementary School District continue to levy at the current annual rate of $201.38 per parcel, spent only on teachers and educational programs, beginning July 1, 2016, adjusted annually for inflation, with an exemption available to individuals 65 and over?

To prepare for future student enrollment increases beyond the current 2,938 students and maintain our community commitment to existing small class sizes, high quality teachers and comprehensive programs, shall the Menlo Park City Elementary School District levy a supplemental special tax of $2.20 per parcel for each additional student to a maximum of 213 students, spent only on teachers and educational programs, beginning July 1, 2016, adjusted annually for inflation, with an exemption available to individuals 65 and over?

To support high quality education, avoid student overcrowding at our existing schools as enrollment continues to increase, and renovate and expand educational facilities at the O'Connor Elementary School site planned to reopen in Menlo Park's Willows neighborhood, all as described in the Bond Project List, shall the Menlo Park City School District issue $23 million of bonds at legal interest rates, establish an independent citizens' oversight committee, perform annual audits, and use no bond money for teacher or administrator salaries?