District overview
Knoxville Community School District
How Knoxville schools are governed, funded, and changing.
What major facilities decision is before voters?
After receiving a petition with 763 eligible signatures, the Board ordered a special election on up to $15.3 million in general-obligation bonds for a new elementary building at the Veterans District site.
The proposal has a defined ceiling
The ballot language authorizes bonds in an amount not to exceed $15.3 million.
The project has a stated purpose
The proposal would build, furnish, and equip a new elementary building and fund related site improvements.
Voters decide the borrowing question
The Board ordered the election; the minutes do not record voter approval of the bonds.
The reviewed minutes do not state a full project schedule, final design, tax-rate impact, or election result.
What is on the public record
The reviewed minutes do not quantify the proposal's tax-rate impact.
Major projects
Veterans District elementary building
Bond election orderedThe Board ordered a special election on borrowing up to $15.3 million for a new elementary building and related site work.
- The Board received the petition and unanimously approved the election resolution.
Funding
Proposed general-obligation bonds, subject to voter authorization.
The authorization would not exceed $15.3 million; the minutes do not provide a final project budget.
Recent news
All three anonymously downloadable official minutes currently listed in the district's 2026-2027 Google Docs meeting index were downloaded, text-extracted, reviewed chronologically, and reconciled to three reports.
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