2026 Bond

3 Elementary Transformations
Ferry, Peach Plains, and Rosy Mound would each undergo significant renovations, including air conditioning, electrical and plumbing upgrades, keyless access, improved visibility and control at the main entrance, gym additions, and modernized learning spaces. Ferry and Rosy Mound would also receive additional classroom space.

5 Safe & Accessible Playgrounds
Updates at Ferry, Lake Hills, Peach Plains, Robinson, and Rosy Mound to enhance safety and accessibility. Improvements include replacing aging equipment and improving accessibility and safety.

Transportation Upgrades
Phased replacement of aging buses to improve fleet reliability, reduce service interruptions and enhance safe student transportation.

Music Improvements
New instruments, storage upgrades, and classroom equipment to provide reliable, grade-appropriate instruments throughout the district.

Security & Technology Enhancements
Safety and security upgrades, network improvements, and student and staff devices to support modern teaching and learning.

2,000+ participants were engaged through the Master Plan process beginning in 2024, with input gathered over two years from staff, families, students, and community members. The process also considered enrollment trends, facility conditions, and educational priorities.

185+ Community Engagement Opportunities
Reaching across the district’s nearly 100-square-mile area from 2024–2026.

Shall Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Ottawa and Muskegon Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Ninety-Eight Million Five-Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($98,550,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of: 

erecting, completing and remodeling school buildings, facilities and additions to school buildings and facilities; equipping, re-equipping, furnishing and refurnishing school buildings and facilities; purchasing school buses; acquiring and installing instructional technology; and preparing, developing, improving and equipping play fields, playgrounds, structures, facilities and sites? 

The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027 is 1.95 mills ($1.95 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-five (25) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.15 mills ($1.15 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). 

(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)