District seeks renewal of Building & Site Sinking Fund
During the Aug. 11 Special Board meeting, the Walled Lake Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a motion to ask the residents of the Walled Lake School District to renew the half mill levy for the District Building and Site Sinking Fund (.5 mil, 10 year levy).
In Walled Lake Schools, our schools and facilities are in good repair as a result of the Sinking Fund that voters approved back in 2004 and renewed in 2012. The District has been able to complete construction, repair and renovation projects annually, with Board approval, because of the current Building and Site Sinking Fund.
What is the Building and Site Sinking Fund?
The Sinking Fund allows the District to keep the more than 2.4 million square feet of educational space and 754 acres of grounds and property in optimal condition for the thousands of students and community members that use the schools on a daily basis.
A few examples of what the District has been able to accomplish with the current Building and Site Sinking Fund include:
- Resurface and repair more than one million square feet of deteriorated parking lots and replace nearly 200 parking lot lighting features.
- Replace about one million square feet of deteriorated roofing.
- Repair and replace dozens of old boilers, chillers and ventilation systems in the schools.
- Replace more than 200 damaged doors.
- Replace over one half million square feet of deteriorated carpet in numerous classrooms and corridors in the District.
- Replace more than 200,000 square feet of cracked and broken sidewalks.
- And much more.