EDUCATION

Chandler schools: Back to bond, override drawing board

Bond subcommittee chairs David Anguiano, center, and Michelle Mowery, left, along with Chandler Unified chief financial officer Lana Berry, take questions from the CUSD Governing Board during a May 7 study session. Staff will ask the board, at its June 11 meeting what it plans to put on the ballot for the Nov. 4, 2025 election.

Courtesy of Chandler USD

This chart shows the duration of various second property tax rates that would be in effect if the Chandler Unified Governing Board chooses next month to put any of these bond scenarios up for voters to adopt.

Courtesy of Chandler USD

When Chandler Unified voters shot down the district’s $487 million proposed bond last November, it put CUSD leaders in a difficult position.

Nothing’s really changed in the past six months, other than inflation has continued to make goods and services slightly more expensive.

But district staff and volunteers have been working, behind the scenes, to prepare CUSD leaders to make decisions on how to pay for everything from HVAC repairs to ordering new buses in the years ahead.

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