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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Bond Issue for Burnsville Schools in Eagan - 3/26/196888 M THE M[NNEAPO US STA K Tu es ., Tn� rc n :T, I u" to Ae I., r I . ' VA •i '1EW CIRCULAR SCHOOL PLANNED IN EAGAN TOWNSHIP Purt of 56.2-million bond issue in Burnsville -Savage district BURNS VILLEwSA VAGE By LAWRENCE FULLER Minneapolis Star Staff Writer A strong drive to iotm v er approval of a $6928351000 school - bond election Satur- day 1 is being waged by men1- ber of the Burnsville - SaN,- age,School Board. The bond proposals, which wre defeated in January are for a new junior high school at 132nd St. and Nic- (-)llet Av., a new elementary school near the Cedar Grove additions in Eagan Township, and for planning. 9 More than ;30 "coffee par- ties" in homes h a \v e been Held to explain the bond is- sue, Mrs. Oshiro said, and 10 others are planned. Sup- , porters of the bond proposals also are distributing hand- bills to homes and at grocery stores, and signs are being placed throughout the dis- trict. No organized opposition has been formed N-et, Mrs. Oshiro said. T ►1e aggressive campaign The elementary s c 11 o o 11 supporting the bond issue is which will be a round build - in contrast to the drive by ing similar to Edward D. supporters in January, ac- Neill and William Byrne cording to Mrs. Victoria Os- schools, would open In the him. a board niember, fall of 1969 and cost about . 2 million Mrs. Oshiro The last time, we didr, t said. answer statements printed in i local papers by the opposi- The cost includes the 10-' tion," Mrs. Oshiro said. "We acre site and easements at knew they were comparing Shale and Ralin Roads which apples and oranges, but we the district already has pur- still didn't answer." chased. The $25,000 for land V, ing Strong in the bond proposal would be placed back into the dis- trict site fund. The junior high school, to be opened in the fall of 1970 at a cost of $4.54 million, also Nvill be circular and is pat- terned after the Metcalf Jun- ior High School in Eagan Township. The bond propos- al includes 580,000 for land, also to be returned to the . o district site fund. Mrs. Oshiro said the dis- trict will be at least 16 ele- mentary classrooms s h o r t when the Cedar Grove Ele- mentary School opens in 1969. The existing junior high will be 500 students over ca- pacity in the fall of 1970, she said. "These schools are part of our continuing program to plan for needs in the dis- trict," Mrs. Oshiro said. ``We have opened a new school or addition every year except one since 1956. If we hadn't done this, we would be be- hind in facilities no«r.'' The planning funds, $175,- 000, are expected to be used mainly for new programs at Burnsville High School, Mrs. Oshiro said. Mrs. Oshi1•o said the own- er of an $18,000 home eligible for homestead exemption will pay $10.80 a year extra in school taxes if the bond is- sue passes. The additional tax on a $27,000 home, she said, would be $18. Polling places at Savage School, Vista View School, Sioux Trail School, Cedar School and Gideon P o n d School will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturda\vp. Absentee ballots are avail- able until 9 a.m. Friday at the school district offices, 600 E. Hwy. 13, or from A. J. Betchwas, school board clerk, 10908 Pioneer Dr.