Monett R-1 School District

Proposition CARE means Community Action Reinvesting in Education. The Monett R-I Board of Education unanimously approved a proposition to support a $21 million issue for the June 2, 2020 election. The proposed building project is the result of committee work to create a long term master facility plan for the district. This bond would provide funds to construct a new 6th-8th grade middle school building located on the west side of the Scott Regional Technology Center.

The district has continued to grow over the last 20 years with an average growth rate of 1.07%. If this trend continues, it is estimated that our enrollment number will increase approximately by 265 students over the next 10 years, creating a greater facility burden to accommodate and support all students.

Currently, all of our buildings are at capacity with middle school students attending classes in three different buildings that are not connected. The new building would also allow for the restructuring of grade levels and provide room for growth at Monett Elementary, Central Park Elementary, and Monett Intermediate School, creating space relief for the future. It would also provide room for the expansion of early childhood educational services.

The Board of Education is seeking voter approval for a $21 million general obligation bond issue that would increase the debt service levy by $0.25 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, from $0.56 to $0.81. The purpose for the issue is to provide funds to construct, equip, and furnish a new middle school housing sixth through eighth grades located on the west side of Scott Regional Technology Center; to the extent funds are available, complete other remodeling and repair improvements to the existing facilities of the District.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A 4/7 majority vote or 57.14% of votes are needed in order to pass the bond issue.

If approved, the district will construct a new 6th-8th grade middle school building which would allow for the following building grade levels:

• Central Park Elementary would become an Early Childhood Center that would allow for more early childhood educational opportunities and expansion. CPE would include Parents as Teachers, Preschool, and Kindergarten.

• Monett Elementary would educate grades 1-3 which would reduce the current student population in that building. With the removal of Pre-School and Kindergarten and replacing it with only 3rd grade, this would allow for enrollment growth in the future.

• Monett Intermediate would house grades 4 and 5. This too allows for future growth as we would no longer be using classrooms to educate middle school students.

• The current Monett Middle School would become the District Central Office. This creates a more central location and allows for future growth at MIS by relocating Central Office staff.

If approved, it would allow the district to open 9th Street as students would no longer be crossing the street during the school day and would allow for the demolition of the Middle School South building.

The Monett R-1 School District maintains an operating and debt service levy of $3.6842 compared to the average $3.9449 of 44 schools in SWMO. If approved, Monett would be $3.9342, slightly below the average of $3.9449.

We encourage everyoneto contact the county office for precise numbers on what it would cost each individual.

Click here: Monett R-1 School District $0.2500 - Debt Service Fund Levy Adjustment

“Shall the Board of Education of the Monett R-1 School District, Missouri, borrow money in the amount of Twenty One Million Dollars ($21,000,000) for the purpose of providing funds to construct, equip, and furnish a new middle school housing Sixth through Eighth Grades located on west side of Scott Regional Center; to the existing facilities of the District; and issue bonds for the payment thereof resulting in an estimated increase to the debt service property tax of $0.2500 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation?

If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the School District is estimated to increase from $0.5600 to $0.8100 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.”