2024 Mill and Bond

Watch this video of Chief Financial and Operating Officer Scott Smith giving a presentation on the Mill and Bond package.

On August 12th, the CCSD Board of Education voted unanimously to support the recommended 2024 mill and bond proposal and put both measures on the November 5, 2024 ballot for CCSD residents. The total package includes a phased-in mill levy increase and a $950 million bond. Together, this means that CCSD residents would face a tax increase of less than $3 a month for each $100,000 of property value.

The 2024 Mill package would help fund the following ongoing operating expenses of the district:

• Safety & Security: Protect students and staff by investing in trained security personnel to monitor school buildings.
• High-Quality Teachers & Small Class Sizes: Maintain excellence by recruiting, developing, and retaining high-quality teachers to maintain small class sizes and provide the experience and expertise to enhance student-focused learning and support new academic and career pathways offered throughout our schools.
• Preparing for the Future: Expand access to specialized training, internship, apprenticeship opportunities, and post-graduate certifications for students to pursue their Pathway of Purpose.
• Student Health: Provide additional mental health and whole wellbeing support for students to learn how to develop resiliency and prepare them for their next stage of life.
• Technology: Provide students and staff with updated and secure technology and digital tools.

The 2024 Bond package would help fund the following capital construction projects:

Safety & Security

• • Ballistic Window Film
  • Security Camera Replacement
  • Access Control System Replacement
  • Fire Alarms

Innovation

• • CCIC 2.0: Expand current Cherry Creek Innovation Campus to accommodate 70% more students and develop/expand 10 career pathways
  • IST 2.0: Renovate IST building on the Prairie/Overland campus to support in-demand career pathways

New Construction/Renovations

• • Laredo/Smoky Hill Campus: Rebuild Laredo Middle School to meet student and programmatic needs and update SHHS athletic facilities (Phase I
  • Prairie Middle School/Overland High School Campus: Build a pool; expand central admissions office; and minor renovations at OHS (Phase I)
  • Holly Ridge/Holly Hills: Construct one new PK-5 school to accommodate two schools and meet student and programmatic needs
  • Cherry Creek K-12 Campus: Begin process to replace aging and deteriorating buildings on the Cherry Creek PreK-12 campus (Phase I)
  • Renovations to athletic facilities on the east side of the district

Technology

• • Classroom Display Replacement
  • Data Center & Network Upgrades
  • Enhance Fiber Network

Maintenance

• • Updates to athletic facilities on the east side of the district
  • Playgrounds
  • Roofs and plumbing
  • HVAC, electrical, elevators, glazing, flooring, etc.

*The reduction in the 2020 bond due to COVID-19 has resulted in $300+ million in deferred and planned maintenance needs currently.