The district is still expecting growth at some point, although Assistant Superintendent in charge of business Barbara Murray reported to the Board that this year’s student attendance numbers are down over 160-kids from last year. The district wants to be prepared and ahead of the curve says Dr. Carey, and he and the district’s consultants feel that a bond issue in at least the amount of the 20-25 million dollar range may be an option in the June 08 election cycle. The district feels that several facts will play to their advantage with the public. First, Dr Carey stated that the district completed every project that was promised from the 2002 bond. Secondly, the repayment for taxpayers on their property tax bills is currently at 13 dollars per 100,000 of a property’s assessed value. That is lower than what was reported to taxpayers at the time of the bond’s passage- when the estimates were closer to 18 dollars per 100000 dollars of assessed value