Murra surprised by Bond vote

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center Community School District Superintendent Cassi Murra admitted being surprised by the result of last Tuesday’s bond election but vowed to continue to assess the district’s facilities needs.
    Voters overwhelmingly turned down the proposal, which would have allowed the District to build a classroom addition onto its elementary building and both a practice gymnasium and fine arts addition onto the secondary building. Needing 60 percent support to pass, the bond issue drew yes votes from just 412 of the 975 voters who gave an opinion on the measure.
    “I was surprised by the margin,” Murra said. “Everyone that attended the information sessions seemed to be supportive.”
    The fourth-year superintendent said the district sent mailings to residents in an effort to get as much accurate information about the proposed project as possible to the voters, though she felt some information that came out in days leading up to the election was inaccurate.
    Ron Saak, who was one of two newcomers elected to the School Board, had spoken out asking voters to turn down the proposal.
 

For more of this story see the Sept. 19 Grundy Register.