Board Elections

82.2% for bond (passed required 4/7 ths) (no tax rate increase)

$224 million (no tax rate increase)

Bond Issue:

• East Trails Middle School ($72 Million)
• Lee’s Summit High School renovations ($80 million)
• Middle school renovations ($25 million)
• Mason Elementary renovations ($16 million)
• Second early education center ($9 million)
• High school activity improvements ($19 million)
• Safety and security upgrades ($3 million)

79.3% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths) Bond: 6,413 YES votes and 1,675 NO votesBond: $40 million (no-tax-increase)

Bond Issue:

• New Summit Technology Academy / Missouri Innovation Campus

• Elementary school improvements – Greenwood Elementary ADA access and gym renovation; Hazel Grove Elementary kitchen renovation; Longview Farm Elementary concrete at kindergarten wings; Lee’s Summit Elementary health room renovation, drop-off lane and kitchen renovation; Meadow Lane Elementary track upgrade/repair and basement renovation; Mason Elementary gym expansion, classroom renovation, ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) access; Pleasant Lea Elementary health room/office renovation; Prairie View Elementary north gym isolation; Richardson Elementary additional parking; Trailridge Elementary restroom sink replacement; Underwood Elementary cafeteria renovation.

• Middle school and high school improvements – Bernard Campbell student entry doors replacement and locker painting; Pleasant Lea locker replacement; Summit Lakes sound system; Lee’s Summit High School science classrooms renovation; Lee’s Summit North High School entry re-design (safety/security); Lee’s Summit West High School restrooms/concession area for baseball and softball area.

• Special education projects – Highland Park Elementary life skills classroom restrooms; Miller Park Center upstairs renovation, gym floor upgrade and kitchenette.
• Maintenance projects at numerous schools including playground work – playground safety upgrades to all elementary schools’ soft play areas and replacement of deteriorated play equipment; maintenance projects at numerous schools including flooring, carpet, ceilings, painting, roofing, paving, mechanical, doors, windows, FOBS, backflows, water sanitizing and masonry; capital projects included would impact all Lee’s Summit R-7 schools.

63% against levy (failed – required simple majority)

Levy: 9,664 NO votes and 5,709 YES votes

Levy: operating tax levy increase of $0.89 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for general operating purposes

Levy Issue:

• Maintain the quality of programs and services for students.
• Allow the district to avoid most of the approximately $6 million in additional cost containment for 2011-12 and 2012-13.
• Eliminate a portion of current cost-containment measures.
• Limit further class size growth.
• Protect R-7 property values by ensuring continuation of our quality educational system.
• Limit elementary combination classrooms in the future.
• Provide resources for the district to work toward its goal of comparable salaries for teachers and staff.
• Allow the district to “continue its legacy of excellence” for all students.

65% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths)

Bond: 7,083 YES votes and 3,757 NO votes

Bond: $16 million (no-tax-increase)

Bond Issue:

• Hazel Grove Elementary – construction of first-grade classroom, art room, music room; renovations to office, focus room, staff work room; new public restrooms and storage areas.
• Bernard Campbell Middle School – new gymnasium.
• Pleasant Lea Middle School – remodeling of teacher planning center and student counseling area.
• Instructional and operational technology improvements.
• Resurfacing of all three middle-school tracks.
• Lee’s Summit North High School – two unlighted women’s softball fields.
• Lee’s Summit High School – 7,700-square-foot multi-use physical-education/activity/athletic building.
• Lee’s Summit High School – remodeling of current multi-use physical-education/activity/athletic building to create a district-wide robotics center.
• Renovation of existing tennis courts at all three high schools.
• Replacement of the existing grass turf at all three high schools’ stadiums with multi-use, all-weather artificial turf.
• Sixth phase of the district’s ongoing performance contracting energy-conservation efforts.
• Capital improvements at schools across the district including flooring renovations, painting, paving, roofing and general maintenance.
• New school buses and improvements to the existing bus parking area.
• Purchase of approximately 35 to 40 acres for a future R-7 middle school.

72.4% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths)    64.6% for Prop C (required simple majority)

Bond: 8,072 YES votes and 3,083 NO votes    Prop C: 7,159 YES votes and 3,919 NO votes

Bond: $54 million (no-tax-increase)    Prop C: 20 cent (no-tax-increase)

Bond Issue:

• Construction of Sunset Valley Elementary — opened fall of 2009.
• All-day kindergarten classrooms and support classrooms.
• Great Beginnings Early Education Center – construction of two classrooms.
• Mason Elementary School – Addition of four classrooms, school improvements and new cafeteria/kitchen space.
• Hazel Grove Elementary – remodeling of classrooms and office area.
• Lee’s Summit High School – improvements in classrooms, broadcast journalism editing studio and family and consumer science rooms.
• Lee’s Summit North High School – Addition of industrial technology lab, band storage room, docking/mechanical space and hallways.
• Lee’s Summit West High School – planned addition of 18 classrooms to increase school’s capacity by 357 students.
• Instructional technology.
• Miller Park Center, remodeled facility to serve special needs students previously served outside district.
• R-7 Aquatic Center, self-supporting swim/dive facility — opened fall of 2009.
• Marching band uniform replacement at LSHS and LSNHS.
• Portable bleachers (district-wide use).
• Capital projects (repairs and improvements) at several schools/other sites.
• School bus purchases/parking lot improvements.

75% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths)

Bond: 17,747 YES votes and 5,835 NO votes

Bond: $32 million (no-tax-increase)

Bond Issue:

• Construction of Summit Pointe Elementary School — opened fall of 2007.
• Additions at Pleasant Lea and Summit Lakes Middle Schools.
• Improvements/renovations at Bernard Campbell Middle School.
• Additions and improvements at all three high schools.
• Technology enhancements and improvements.
• Construction of new Stansberry Leadership Center on district owned land just east of LSNHS.
• District warehouse addition.
• Repairs and improvements at approximately two-thirds of existing R-7 schools.
• School bus purchases to meet growth needs, replace older vehicles.

74% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths)    55.8% for levy (passed – required simple majority)

Bond: 10,662 YES votes and 3,756 NO votes    Levy: 8,012 YES votes and 6,358 NO Votes

Bond issue: $25 million (no-tax-increase) Levy:  59-cent operational levy

Bond Issue:

• Construction of Longview Farm Elementary School — opened fall of 2005
• Additions at Pleasant Lea and Summit Lakes Middle Schools.
• Construction of new Great Beginnings Early Childhood Center — opened summer 2005
• Addition at Meadow Lane Elementary School.
• Technology enhancements and improvements.
• Numerous capital projects at schools throughout the district.
• Energy conservation improvements to increase efficiency, save costs.
• School bus purchases to meet growth needs, replace older vehicles

Levy Issue:

• Maintain school district’s quality educational programs in the face of dramatic reductions in state funds.
• Meet ongoing growth needs.
• Reduce class sizes that do not meet state standards.
• Reduce the number of elementary combination classrooms.
• Provide conservative salary increases for R-7 staff.

76% for bond (passed – required 4/7ths)    62% for levy (passed – required simple majority)

Bond: 9,593 YES votes and 3,084 NO votes    Levy: 7,841 YES votes and    4,816 NO votes

Bond issue: $67 million (no-tax-increase) Levy: 25-cent operational levy

Bond Issue:

• Lee’s Summit West High School ($46.5 million) — opened fall of 2004.
• Renovation of four elementaries-Greenwood, Lee’s Summit, Pleasant Lea and Westview ($7 million).
• Summit Ridge Academy (secondary alternative school) ($2.25 million).
• Renovation of Lee’s Summit High School ($7 million).
• Upgrade of instructional technology ($2 million).
• Relocation of and construction of Facilities Services ($1.75 million).
• Additional school buses ($500,000).

Levy Issue:

• Funding to hire additional staff to meet growth needs.
• Funding to  provide salary increases for R-7 staff.
• Enhancement of instructional technology.
• Funding for a 7th- and 8th-grade middle-level education program.
• Funding for a gifted program for primary (K-3) students.

63 % for bond (passed – required four-sevenths)

11,184 YES votes and 6,482 NO votes

$31 million (12-cent property tax increase)

Bond Issue:

• Hawthorn Hill Elementary and Woodland Elementary ($17 million) — opened fall 2001.
• Improvements to existing schools ($7.2 million) — LSHS lecture hall addition, PAC improvements, enclose breezeway, musical instrument storage, window replacement; library additions at Hazel Grove, Mason, Pleasant Lea Elementary Schools, new computer labs at Hazel Grove and PLE; parking improvements at Hazel Grove; gym floor replacement at Pleasant Lea Middle School.
• Lee’s Summit North High School addition for classrooms ($5.3 million).
• Acquisition of land for future school sites ($1.5 million).

78 % for bond issue (passed – required 4/7ths majority)

7,862 YES votes and 2,154 NO votes

$23 million (no tax increase)
 

Bond Issue:

• Summit Lakes Middle School’s first phase ($15,000,000) — opened fall 2000.
• Air conditioning for R-7 schools ($7,500,000) — includes LSHS, Greenwood Elem., Hazel Grove Elem., Lee’s Summit Elem., Pleasant Lea Elem., Prairie View Elem. (basement only) and Westview Elem.