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Boulder Valley School DistrictEducational Facilities Master PlanBoulder Valley School District has building issues that need to be addressed and the public whoparticipated in the charrette process agreed. The question is whether the problem is seriousenough that action is required by the entire community. The question was posed on whetherthe community would support the need to address facility deficiencies. Only 50% of theparticipants felt that the community would support a bond issue. 30% of the participants felt thatthe community would not support a bond issue. A large percentage (21.72%) chose to remainneutral. These results led to interesting conversations during the small group process, givingparticipants an opportunity to explain their views.EXHIBIT 7.4PUBLIC PERCEPTION – BVSD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR BOND ISSUEPUBLIC CHARRETTES22%9%20%20%29%Strongly AgreeNeutralStrongly DisagreeAgreeDisagreeSource: MGT of America, March 2006Small group conversations were lively on this topic. It is important to note that this question wasdesigned to ascertain the participants’ views on whether the community at large would support abond issue, not whether they would do so. That question would come later. The participantswere much more guarded on whether the community would support an issue. Their reasonswere clarified during the small group meetings.Participants were united in their belief that the community had supported bond issues in the pastbut that support would be difficult to garner for a future bond issue. However, the strongperception is that the community would do so if certain conditions were met. The reasons forthe current state of distrust included: promises were made to spend bond money one way butthose promises were not kept; increases in taxes would be an issue; there is not a strongconnection in people’s minds that a viable school district is good for property values; poordecisions have been made in the past for how bond money was spent; the community at largedoes not understand the building needs for BVSD; mistrust by the community has increasedbecause of how past bond issues were done; the District does not have a vision.Capital Improvement Planning Committee May 2006 Page 102
Boulder Valley School DistrictEducational Facilities Master PlanThe next question was designed to ascertain whether there could ever be strong support for abond issue, if certain conditions were met. There is good cause to be more optimistic on thepublic’s willingness to support a bond issue based on these conversations. Participants wereextremely candid about why there is mistrust today; they were equally outspoken on their beliefthat something must be done to address all the building needs of BVSD and the conditions uponwhich they would do so.EXHIBIT 7.6PUBLIC PERCEPTION – INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT FOR BVSD BOND ISSUEPUBLIC CHARRETTES21%9%70%Support Not sure Would not supportSource: MGT of America, March 2006A surprising 70% of the participants indicated that they would support another bond issue forBoulder Valley School District. There are a significant number of participants who remainundecided (21%). The participants in the charrette process clearly indicated that their supportcould be gained for another issue provided that it was done in very specific ways. The smallgroup discussions brought these issues into focus.There is no doubt that the participants were unaware of the details surrounding past decisionsmade by the District. For example, there was a great deal of misunderstanding about thetechnology decisions that had recently been made. The purpose of the charrette was to listento the public’s perceptions, not explain past decisions. With that as a backdrop, MGT facilitatorsprobed into what those conditions had to be to generate support for a bond issue. Theconditions were reasonable, achievable, and consistent with how the Board would like toconduct its business.The public made the following suggestions:• Develop a vision for the District that articulates clear goals• Listen to the public in order to help identify needs and the priorities• Develop a set of fair standards that assigns priorities for addressing building needs• Communicate those standards to the public as well as the priority list culminating fromthe application of the standards• Follow the plan• Show the community that the plan is being followedCapital Improvement Planning Committee May 2006 Page 103
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