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Knoxville Community School District

How Knoxville schools are governed, funded, and changing.

What major facilities decision is before voters?

A special election was ordered for an elementary-school bond proposal

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

Official Board minutes reviewedverified
3 documents
Proposed bond authorization ceilingverified
15,300,000 dollars
Tax-rate impactcontext
not stated data gap

The reviewed minutes do not quantify the proposal's tax-rate impact.

Major projects

Veterans District elementary building

Bond election ordered

The Board ordered a special election on borrowing up to $15.3 million for a new elementary building and related site work.

Next: The public record should next establish the election date, voter outcome, and any later design or financing approvals.
  1. 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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