May 7 Voter Guide: everything you need to know about the KCKPS $420M bond vote 

Superintendent Dr. Anna Stubblefield shares information about the upcoming KCKPS Bond Election. (@kckschools Twitter account) Wyandotte County residents will vote on May 7 on whether or not to approve a $420 million bond issue for Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.& In January, KCKPS Board of Education passed the $420 million bond proposal for residents to have the vote on the May 7 ballot.& How will the money be spent? If approved, this $420 million bond will be used for renovating and improving facilities, constructing new ones, adding to existing buildings, and addressing deferred maintenance. However, approving it would also result in an increase in property taxes.& The Kansas City Kansas Public School District (KCKPS) 500 has proposed a bond resolution which will be up for vote on May 7th in the USD 500 special question election. The bond proposal would allocate 420 million dollars to KCKPS support facility improvements. This breaks down to roughly 20,000 per student in the school district. The last bond approved in 2016 was also used for facility improvements. All the facility updates proposed in that bond have been completed and the latest bond is intended to be a phase two of the renovations completed since...