Financial Stewardship

Bond Issue

In November 2006, The Worthington community voted to approve a bond issue which will generate up to $37.5 million for the purpose of facilities, transportation and technology updates. The school district is committed to keeping the community updated on the expenditures made as a result of the revenue generated from the bonds.

Capital Improvements

Individual building improvements identified to be completed during the 2010 calendar year have once again been assembled into design packages of similar trade categories. A design professional has been assigned to each package to complete the necessary architectural/engineering analysis of each project and to prepare drawings and specification for public bidding.  Follow the link to see the Year 4 (calendar year 2010)  Project List by Design Package.

All bid packages are publically advertised to allow for competitive bidding. Sealed bids are to be timely received, opened and read publicly under the terms and conditions identified in the advertisement as required by the project construction documents for each bid package.

Additional information concerning each Design Package can be viewed on the Facility Management Web Page including the On-line Plan Room Link to view project documents and plans and obtain Bid Tabulation results from each Bid Package after the advertised Bid Opening date.

Design professionals and construction consultants are welcome to submit a Qualification Statement to be considered for future capital improvement architectural and engineering design services at anytime. Design professionals who already have submitted RFQ Statements are encouraged to provide updated copies annually.

Planning for Building Capital Improvement Projects to be completed during the 2010 calendar year is well underway. To date, $11,291,603 has been expended from the $18,750,000 identified for building capital improvements.  Follow the link to view the Expenditure Summaries from the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Calendar Year Projects.

If you have questions about the process of capital improvements projects, please contact Tim Gehring at: tgehring@worthington.k12.oh.us.

The required request for Authorization to Advertise for all year 4 projects will be presented to the Worthington Board of Education on Monday, March 22, 2010.  

Technology

April 26, 2010 - The Board of Education will be asked to approve a request for 2006 bond issue money for the purpose of technology upgrades.

Three million dollars was earmarked for the purpose of technology. Director of Information Technology (IT), Keith Schlarb is working with an advisory committee comprised of community members as well as district staff. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist with priorities.

The mission of the IT department.

The IT committee list is attached. The committee has created a direction for their work.

The IT list is attached. The committee has created a for their work. 

Meeting minutes:

October '06

December '06

February '07

April '07

September '07

February '08

The revenue from the bond issue that has been dedicated to technology will be distributed in two primary ways. The first is an allocation by building or department, the second is through a grant process for use at middle school and high school.

If you have questions about the process for technology upgrades, please contact: Keith Schlarb.

Transportation

$3 milliion was also allocated for the purpose of updating our bus fleet. Our plan is to replace 40 buses over the next five years. To better understand the age and condition of our fleet, please review the bus replacement data.

For more information about the process for bus replacement, please contact: George Sontag.

Understanding School Funding

View a glossary of school funding terms.