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Task Force looks to present information on bond issue

The former Fremont Public Schools Citizens Committee for evaluating proposed bond projects transformed Tuesday night into the Task Force for Kids Campaign. 
 
Chuck and Caryl Johannsen and Brett and Heidi Richmond will serve as co-chairs for the newly formed committee. Steve Pribnow, who has served as treasurer for the group in two previous bond issues, will be back in that role. 
 
“We have a short window to educate the public with a lot of really good information that has been compiled over the last 18 months,” Chuck Johannsen said. 
 
The group previously reviewed volumes of information compiled by a team of professionals led by Cleve Reeves, managing partner of BVH Architects. BVH has partnered with Morrissey Engineering on the proposed project, a continuation of a relationship which started with the successful 1999 bond issue and continued with the successful 2010 bond issue.
 
The campaign committee will be comprised of two sub-committees — one focused on fundraising and the other marketing and garnering favorable votes. Co-chairs for the sub-committees are fund/finance: Jennifer and Barry Benson and Audie and Lori Keaton; marketing/canvassing: Lisa and Tim Schulz, Betsy Flores, and Chris and Jenny Estudillo, Adam and Jill Lamprecht. 
 
The theme of the campaign is 3 Rs — Repair, Renovate and Renew. It will focus on the work to be done and the impact it will have on the students and community.
 
FPS is asking the Fremont community to vote on a no-tax levy increase facilities improvement bond referendum totaling $123 million. The plan includes rebuilding three elementary schools (Howard, Clarmar and Washington), updating the high school, Milliken Park Elementary and the Lenihan facility, creating an addition on the Johnson Crossing fifth- and sixth-grade center and Linden Elementary and building a Career Technical Center.
 
The purpose of the identified projects is to develop a safe learning environment conducive to current and future educational practices while creating energy and operational savings. Indoor air quality is a major point of emphasis in updating the district’s aging buildings. 
 
Dodge County Clerk Fred Mytty determined that the vote will take place through a mail-in election. Ballots will be mailed Aug. 24 and are required to be returned to the Dodge County Clerk’s office no later than 5 p.m. Sept. 14. 
 
Presentations have been made to various groups, including Kiwanis, Rotary, the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce and the Tea Party. Additional presentations are planned during the next several weeks and a community forum will be conducted from 6:30 to 8 Aug. 26 at the Nell McPherson Theatre of Fremont High School. 
 
Anyone interested in attending the forum should park in the south parking lot and enter through the south doors. 
 
“This will be a time for the public to receive information and ask questions related to the projects, financing, timelines, etc.,” Caryl Johannsen said. 
 
Brett Richmond said the bond issue is an investment in Fremont’s future. 
 
“The projects outlined in this bond issue represent a giant leap forward for our students and the community,” he said.

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