TULSA, Okla. (AP) — School bond issues valued at more than $500 million are scheduled to be decided by voters in northeastern Oklahoma.
Tuesday's elections include a $370 million bond package for Broken Arrow Public Schools that would finance four new schools and expansion of the high school. Broken Arrow Superintendent Jarod Mendenhall says his district is averaging a 3 percent growth rate in student population each year.
Jenks Public Schools has a $120 million bond issue on Tuesday's ballot, which includes money for a new elementary school and renovations at the high school, among other projects.
And Union Public Schools is asking voters to approve a $27 million bond package that includes expansions at the 8th Grade Center and additional classrooms at Rosa Parks Elementary School.