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 DPS Bond Program

Denver Public Schools Bond Program

Denver voters approved the DPS Bond Program by a 2-to-1 margin on November 4, 2008 to provide much needed resources for critical improvements in every school in the district. The $454 million bond issue was the largest ever sought by a Colorado school district, and now the largest ever approved.

The bond program's projects were developed and recommended by a group of citizens and business leaders who closely analyzed the district's capital needs, enrollment projections, facility requirements and funding sources. The 2008 Bond Program is a five-year program, currently being executed and includes investments in basic code and safety requirements, technology enhancements, existing school maintenance and expansion, and new school construction to address the rapidly growing student population in far northeast Denver.

Specific improvements include:

  • Making critical repairs and renovations that touch every school building or grounds in the district, including replacing aging boilers, leaking roofs, and worn-out flooring. Also included are upgrades to security and safety systems, including fire alarms and closed-circuit cameras
  • Improving availability of computer technology across the district
  • Replacing deteriorating school playgrounds with new ones that are safer
  • Expanding early education classroom capacity to accommodate the increasing demand for full-day preschool and kindergarten programs
  • Constructing a new ECE-8 school and a new high school to accommodate the rapid student growth in the Green Valley Ranch area of far northeast Denver
  • Renovating the 1911 building on the North High School Campus

To date, DPS has sold $150 million worth of construction bonds out of the $454 million approved by Denver’s voters last November. The first round of bonds was sold in March 2009 and DPS is anticipating returning to the market in Fall 2009 to sell another portion of construction bonds. Overseeing the implementation of the program is the Citizen's Bond and Mill Levy Oversight Committee.

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