The school bond proposal update is ready and the votes are in!
Coldwater Community Schools was the only school district to seek bond voter approval in May 2022 after failing to get bond voter approval in November 2021. In November 2021, the School District had two proposals, one with a $50 million estimate and another with a $17 million estimate. In May 2022, the estimate for the singular bond proposal was $53 million.
The average bond estimate decreased by approximately $6 million between the May 2021 and May 2022 elections. However, the median bond estimate increased by approximately $1.4 million. This seems to be because the highest bond estimates in May 2022 were smaller than May 2021 while the smallest bond estimates in May 2022 were larger than in May 2021. Thus, there are fewer and/or smaller outliers in bond estimates in May 2022 than in May 2021.
The largest bond proposal was for approximately $197 million by Kalamazoo Public Schools. The smallest bond proposal was for $3.5 million by Pickford Public Schools. Both bond proposals passed.
In May 2022, 37.5% of the bond proposals failed. This is an increase from 27% in May 2021, and 28% in November 2021. Two of the bond proposals that failed had a margin of less than 100 votes: the bond proposal from Greenville Public Schools had a margin of 53 votes, and the proposal from the Grant Public School District had a margin of only 22 votes!
Western School District
PASSED 51.6%
Architect: TMP Architecture Inc
Construction Manager: CSM Group
Estimate: $46,000,000
Project ID 2021-2B94
Inland Lakes Schools
FAILED 58.9%
Architect: Integrated Designs Inc
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $29,500,000
Project ID 2022-022E
Wolverine Community Schools
PASSED 52.6%
Architect: Integrated Designs Inc
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $7,300,000
Project ID 2022-022F
Pickford Public Schools
PASSED 60.2%
Architect: Integrated Designs Inc
Estimate: $3,500,000
Project ID 2022-0234
Tecumseh Public Schools
FAILED 52.5%
Architect: TMP Architecture Inc
Estimate: $75,000,000
Project ID 2022-026D
Lake Shore Public Schools
PASSED 62.3%
Architect: Partners in Architecture
Construction Manager: Barton Malow Co
Estimate: $66,765,000
Project ID 2022-026E
Constantine Public Schools
FAILED 69.5%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $38,800,000
Project ID 2022-0271
Bangor Public Schools
FAILED 67.3%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Estimate: $41,540,000
Project ID 2022-0277
Greenville Public Schools
FAILED 52.8%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: Clark Construction Co
Estimate: $45,230,000
Project ID 2022-0230
Holly Area School District
PASSED 55.9%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: AUCH Construction
Estimate: $97,000,000
Project ID 2022-0297
Hastings Area Schools
FAILED 52.0%
Architect: BMA Architects LLC
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $23,900,000
Project ID 2022-012A
Lakeview Community Schools
PASSED 58.8%
Architect: Kingscott
Construction Manager: Owen Ames Kimball Co
Estimate: $33,600,000
Project ID 2021-2FA8
Hemlock Public Schools
PASSED 52.2%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $41,900,000
Project ID 2021-08B9
Kearsley Community Schools
PASSED 55.0%
Architect: French Associates Inc
Construction Manager: DCC Construction
Estimate: $21,650,000
Project ID 2022-0454
Warren Consolidated Schools
PASSED 63.1%
Architect: Plante Moran CRESA
Estimate: $150,000,000
Project ID 2022-0694
Hillman Community Schools
FAILED 61.5%
Architect: Kingscott
Construction Manager: Clark Construction Co
Estimate: $22,100,000
Project ID 2022-0697
Kalamazoo Public Schools
PASSED 71.1%
Estimate: $197,135,000
Project ID 2022-068D
Comstock Public Schools
PASSED 52.6%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: Miller-Davis Company
Estimate: $39,430,000
Project ID 2022-069A
Flat Rock Community Schools
PASSED 65.7%
Architect: Kohler Architecture
Estimate: $29,950,000
Project ID 2022-06D8
Paw Paw Public Schools - Proposal 1
FAILED 54.5%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Owen Ames Kimball Co
Estimate: $47,500,000
Project ID 2022-06E3
Paw Paw Public Schools - Proposal 2
PASSED 54.8%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Owen Ames Kimball Co
Estimate: $15,500,000
Project ID 2022-06E7
Wyoming Public Schools
PASSED 51.7%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: Christman Company
Estimate: $24,900,000
Project ID 2022-06CD
Crawford Ausable School District
PASSED 54.0%
Architect: Cornerstone Architects
Construction Manager: Wolgast Corporation
Estimate: $21,275,000
Project ID 2022-0750
Coldwater Community Schools
FAILED 52.8%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Owen Ames Kimball Co
Estimate: $53,000,000
Project ID 2022-084E
Lansing Public School District
PASSED 71.1%
Architect: C2AE
Construction Manager: Christman Company
Estimate: $129,700,000
Project ID 2022-06EB
Concord Community Schools
PASSED 53.7%
Architect: TMP Architecture Inc
Construction Manager: CSM Group
Estimate: $9,500,000
Project ID 2022-06DD
Coopersville Area Public Schools
PASSED 51.2%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: Christman Company
Estimate: $42,900,000
Project ID 2022-06C9
West Branch Rose City Area Schools
PASSED 56.6%
Architect: Anthony Esson Architect
Construction Manager: Clark Construction Co
Estimate: $25,000,000
Project ID 2022-06C5
Belding Area Schools
PASSED 58.0%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Triangle Associates Inc
Estimate: $21,500,000
Project ID 2022-06AB
Mason County Central Schools
FAILED 58.3%
Architect: GMB Architecture + Engineering
Construction Manager: Christman Company
Estimate: $33,635,000
Project ID 2022-067D
Harbor Springs Public Schools
PASSED 60.6%
Architect: French Associates
Estimate: $41,850,000
Project ID 2022-0A9C
Grant Public School District
FAILED 58.0%
Architect: TowerPinkster
Construction Manager: Owen Ames Kimball Co
Estimate: $15,120,000
Project ID 2020-0250
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Becky, Construction News Reporter
Builders Exchange of Michigan Planning Department
Becky has been with the Builders Exchange of Michigan as a Construction News Reporter for 10 years. She enjoys finding out about projects in the early planning stages and building relationships with project owners, architects, and engineers.
