Board Elections

70.6 % for levy transfer (required simple majority)

10,029 YES votes/4,181 NO votes

Voters approved the School District’s proposed levy transfer to reallocate 20 cents of its debt service levy to its general operating levy without impacting the overall tax rate ($5.4 million budget allocation).

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.