Rapid City Journal
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Rapid City Area Schools releases survey on potential bond vote
July 26, 2025 - The district hasn't passed a bond ... and heating, among other safety hazards. The district's most recent bond proposal attempt came in 2020 — with a price tag of $189.5 million....
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Survey Shows 58% Support for RCAS Bond Proposal | NEWS RADIO KOTA-AM 1380AM/100.7FM
September 18, 2025 - Following a community survey with nearly 5,500 responses, the Rapid City Area Schools Board of Education has issued a statement addressing feedback on a proposed $125 million bond to improve school facilities.
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Early survey shows support for Rapid City school bond | SDPB
August 28, 2025 - The latest bond measure requests $125 million. Early survey results show 58% of respondents are in favor of the proposal. A 60% majority is required by state law for a school bond to pass.
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Proposed Rapid City school bond prioritizes costly infrastructure updates | SDPB
September 2, 2025 - Current survey results suggest ... begs the question: what specifically is in this proposal? ... The proposal calls for $125 million over the next ten years....
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RCAS Forward
INTRODUCTION: On February 25, 2020 all voters that reside within the school boundaries of Rapid City School District 51-4 (abbreviated hereafter RCSD 51-4 or RCAS) Rapid City School District School Area Map will have an opportunity to vote Yes or No on the $189.553 million school bond.
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Voters to decide key $117 million bond vote for Cedar Rapid schools
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After years of community listening sessions and surveys, voters will now be deciding whether or not to approve the Cedar Rapids Community School Districts’ (CRCSD) $117 million bond.
Published November 4, 2025
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Rapid City Area Schools reflect on community input for a new bond measure - Rapid City South Dakota news, weather, sports | NewsCenter1
August 29, 2025 - ... RAPID CITY, S.D.— Preliminary results from a community-wide survey show a majority of respondents support a proposed $125 million bond referendum to address long-standing facility needs in Rapid City Area Schools.
KOTA
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Rapid City Area Schools gets community feedback on referendum that would finance facility upgrades
By the passing of a potential bond referendum, it would allow RCAS to pay for an additional $125 million in essential projects that can’t be covered through the district’s annual budget in the foreseeable future.
Published August 29, 2025
South Dakota News Watch
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Has it been 50 years since Rapid City passed a school bond?
August 7, 2025 - Rapid City voters have not passed a school district bond since 1973, when a $6.8 million bond for a new high school passed with 63.7% of the vote (60% needed to pass). Six bond votes have happened since then, including in 2020 when voters rejected ...
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Cedar Rapids School Board reviews scaled-back $117 million bond proposal
April 29, 2025 - Internal surveys showed that 67.8 percent of stakeholders supported the new $117 million bond plan, with 11.3 percent opposed and 20.9 percent undecided. That's compared to the 55% who supported the original proposal.
Dakota News Now
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Fact brief: Has it been 50 years since Rapid City passed a school bond?
August 8, 2025 - Rapid City voters have not passed a school district bond since 1973, when a $6.8 million bond for a new high school passed with 63.7% of the vote (60% needed to pass). Six bond votes have happened since then, including in 2020 when voters rejected ...
Rapid City Journal
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Representative questions school bond issue
An overflow crowd attended Monday night's Rapid City Area Schools board meeting. One of those was state Rep. Julie Frye-Mueller, who brought her concerns about the upcoming $190 million bond issue that goes to voters on Feb.
Published September 4, 2025
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Rapid City School District | SDPB
Rapid City Area Schools have received a million-dollar grant to bolster local school safety.
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Voters reject $190 million bond issue for Rapid City Area Schools
February 25, 2020 - Rapid City Area Schools’ bid to raise millions of dollars to replace or renovate aging facilities failed to gain voter approval Tuesday. The bond issue only received 56 percent of the vote; while it needed 60 percent plus one vote in order to pass.
The Gazette
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Cedar Rapids school district will survey residents about $211M bond proposal
February 10, 2025 - But first, they plan to poll potential voters about it. Residents should receive mailed surveys this week. The move follows a failed referendum in 2023 that was more expensive — at $220 million — and lacked specifics about the new middle school.
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Update: Board of Education passes bond proposal to renovate Rapid City Area School
October 29, 2019 - Update: Rapid City Area Schools ... 6-1. After some in the Rapid City community opposed a $250 million bond proposal to renovate schools, the Rapid City Area School District is bringing that number down to $189,553,000 and are making ...
Rapid City Journal
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Supporters rally for school district's $189.5 million bond measure
If approved, the bond would fund infrastructure improvements, school building renovations, the construction of three new elementary schools, a new middle school, safety and security upgrades, technology upgrades and deferred maintenance projects across the Rapid City Area Schools' district.
Published September 4, 2025