The Dubuque Community School Board is expected to consider approving language for a petition calling for a bond referendum at their upcoming meeting. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Forum on Chaney Road. The meeting agenda includes approval of language for the petition, which would call for a special election in September where voters would be asked to approve a general obligation bond of up to $150 million. The bond would help pay for a new middle school and other projects in the district, including bringing air conditioning to remaining district schools that don’t have it, purchasing land for future construction of a new elementary school, developing a baseball and softball complex and adding a gymnasium or commons space at Eisenhower Elementary School. The petition must be signed by 25% of the number of people who voted in the last election of school officials for the district to call for a special election, which board members hope to do in July.
