Voters in the Crawford County R-2 School District will decide on a $8.5 million no-tax increase bond issue titled, ‘Proposition K.I.D.S.’ during the municipal election on April 7.

The measure will acquire approval from four-sevenths of the voters for authorization. LJ Hart & Company, the district’s bonding council, provided the language for the bond levy. 

According to R-2 Superintendent Dr. Scott Davidson, revenue from the bond issue will be used to make improvements across the entire district. The front entrance of the high school would be improved for security purposes. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems would be upgraded in the middle school. Existing middle school restrooms would be renovated and additional restrooms would be constructed. Existing parking lots would be overhauled by repairing, replacing or paving them. Exterior lighting and masonry walls would be improved. The playground surface at the elementary school would also be replaced. 

“I think we’re an exciting place in our district, to be able to have this, and it’s just really a K through 12 project all students will be able to benefit from,” Davidson said. “I’m proud of the work we’ve done the last year and a half to get those points to keep moving our school forward.”

Cuba R-2 School Board President Jennifer Moreland said that the bond would address common maintenance at the schools like one normally would for their home.

“It’s just to make sure that our district is functioning well,” Moreland said. “Just like you have to do maintenance at your house, you have to do maintenance at the school.”

If approved by a four-sevenths majority of voters (57%), the district’s debt-service levy