Progressives Demand Half BILLION Bucks For Old & Busted KCPS Buildings

Actually . . . It's mostly our "progressive" friends making this ultimatum.

And then . . . It's mostly because they don't know how insider construction contracts work.

Nevertheless . . . We share this hopelessly naive cover story . . . 

All told, Lincoln would see $28.3 million of work from a KCPS building plan that would include repairs at every school, a new middle school in the vacant Southwest High School building, two new campuses centered around elementary schools and several major renovations.

The bond proposal also devotes $50 million to charter schools, spread across nine schools that reached agreements with KCPS.

But those projects depend on voters’ willingness to raise their own taxes to fund the plan.

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KCPS wants to pass its first bond in decades. Here's what to know before you vote April 8.

The KCPS bond plan calls for building new elementary schools, major renovations and reopening Southwest High School as a middle school.