Bond approved for L’Anse Creuse

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Voters approved a $188.7 million bond for L’Anse Creuse Public Schools, granting it with 22,082 “yes” votes (59.45%) to 15,063 “no” (40.55%) votes.

“I know that we’ve worked very hard to educate our community and help them become more informed about what the bond proposal is going to go towards,” L’Anse Creuse Public Schools Superintendent Keith Howell said. “We’re excited that we’re going to be able to advance some of our safety and security measures, upgrade technology, enrich our arts and music program (and) update athletic spaces and fields. We have an aging bus fleet that we’ll be able to focus on and support, and then also some essential infrastructure improvements — our roof repairs, parking lots, walkways, masonry on buildings, heating and cooling systems. We’ll be able to create a safe and modern learning space for our kids.”

While movement on the bond will not happen overnight, Howell plans to meet with the district’s Board of Education later this month to discuss the next steps. Work with architects should begin shortly and Howell gave a tentative rough starting window for the start of summer 2025 for when physical work funded by the bond may begin.

“I just want to thank the community,” Howell said. “I want to thank all of the staff that has supported the education of the bond to our community members. This is just another example of how we’re staying student-focused and community-minded. Those are two things that I am going to be saying very often. The reason we are here is for our students and our community and this is just going to be one more thing that is going to help us be as successful as we can be for our kids.”

The L’Anse Creuse Public Schools Board of Education was subject to an election as well. Andrew Parski and Sandra Hernden were the top two vote-getters among the seven candidates, winning 8,763 (18.27%) and 8,607 (17.94%) votes respectively.