Small Turnout for Informational Meeting on $27 Million Charles City School Bond Referendum

Turnout was small for a public informational meeting on a proposed $27 million bond referendum to revitalize Charles City High School.

The meeting Thursday night at Immaculate Conception School was co-hosted by Charles City Schools Superintendent Dr. Anne Lundquist along with Darci Tracey, owner of Prologue Wine and Books and a member of the task force seeking signatures on a petition to put the measure up for vote March 7th.

Tracey says they were not surprised by few people in attendance.

While not optimistic they can get the required petition signatures, Tracey says improvements the bond would pay for at the High School are still needed.

Tracey also notes that the High School has not had any major work done to it since it was built in 1961.

The district is seeking 500 petition signatures to submit to the Floyd County Auditor’s Office by Friday, January 20, in order to get the bond referendum on the ballot for a March 7th special election.

Tracey says if they can’t get the required number of signatures, they’ll regroup and possibly try again this fall.