EDUCATION REFERENDUM
Education Referendum Update 2024
EDUCATION REFERENDUM UPDATE 2024
Dear Families,
New air conditioning systems, new roofs, new security systems, new tracks, new fields, new buildings… Everywhere I look across our district, I see where the half-penny Education Referendum is being put to use.
I thank you, our teachers and staff thank you, and our students thank you.
The half-penny referendum passed back in 2018. It is a 10-year referendum, so planning and implementing projects from the referendum is an ongoing process. While some projects are wrapping up, others are just in their planning stages. However, there is always something being done. We have 14 major projects that will be taking place this summer and while that’s going on, district staff are busy working on bids and renderings for the projects that will take place in the fall and summer 2025.
Like I said, the work never stops!
We created this email to give you a glimpse at where your dollars are being spent. Of course, you can always get project updates for yourself on our Half-Penny Sales Tax Referendum webpage.
Thank you for helping make us Hillsborough Strong,
Van Ayres
Superintendent
FAST FACTS ABOUT THE REFERENDUM
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
Dorothy Thomas Exceptional Center
Robinson High School
Tomlin MIddle School
ROBINSON HIGH'S REDEDICATION
2024 MAJOR UPCOMING PROJECTS
The process of beginning a major project begins more than a year before the crews even step foot on the school campus. The project first goes before our Citizen Oversight Committee - the group that reviews the spending, progress, and completion of all projects. Then companies bid on the project. Once the company is chosen, there are months of planning before construction begins.
There are 14 schools that already have major projects planned for summer 2024:
Brandon High School
Bryan Elementary School
Burns Middle School
East Bay High School
Fishhawk Creek Elementary School
Heritage Elementary School
Jennings Middle School
Mendenhall Elementary School
Nelson Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Seminole Elementary School
Sessums Elementary School
Shaw Elementary School
Shields Middle School
REFERENDUM REROOFING PROJECTS
Since the Referendum started - Approximately 29 million square feet of HCPS roofs have been replaced!
That includes:
36 schools
8 schools received a whole roof replacement
28 schools received a partial roof replacement
Referendum dollars spent - $74,155,021
Plant City High's reroofing
Crestwood Elementary's reroofing
East Bay High's reroofing
REFERENDUM DOLLARS PAYING FOR NEW TURF FIELDS FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOLS
REFERENDUM DOLLARS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL
Brandon High School's principal, Dr. Jeremy Klein, talks about how much of a difference the Education Referendum has made for his school...