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Two Mil Levy
Capital Improvements TaxElection
Providing Funds for maintenance ofDistrict School buildings/ grounds and for
equipment used in our District Schools.
Gadsden Independent School District No.
16
Telephone
8.
(575) 882-6200
wwwgird.kl2.nrn.in
APPROVAL OF THE 2 MIL LEVYWILL NOT INCREASEPROPERTY TAXES
Tuesday, February 7, 20127:00 am to 7:00 pm
WHO MAY VOTE
Absentee voting will be conducted at the
Doila Ana County Clerk's Office
Absentee voting In Person (Early Voting) beginsJanuary 13, 2012 and ends February 3, 2012.Applications for absentee voting may be obtainedfrom the Doiia Ana County Clerk's OfficeDofia Ana County Government Center845 N. Motel Blvd,
Maintaining our schools andproviding Equipment for our
schools is anInvestment in theFuture of our Children
For Additional Information, please callEfren Yturralde, SuperintendentGadsden Independent School District4950 McNutt RoadSunland Park, New Mexico 88063575-882-6203www.gisd.k12.nm.us
Please Vote
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7:00 am to 7:00 pm
Prepared under the direction of the GISD Board of Education
Voting
HERE TO VOTE
District
lection Precinct
olling Place
97
and Precinct
esert View Elementary
13
25 Valle Vista
Sun land Park, NM
2
or voters who vote Santa Teresa Middle
in Dona Ana
choolPrecinct 14
800
McNutt
Road
Sunland Park, NM
For voters who vote La Union Elementary
in Doha Ana
chool
Precincts 15 and 81 875 Mercantile Avenue
La Union, NM 88021
For voters who vote Chamberino Fire Station
in Doha Ana
auceda AvenuePrecinct 16
hamberino, NM 88027Part of Precinct
orth Valley Elementary19 and Part of
choolPrecinct 82
00 CascadeSan Miguel, NM 8805817, and part of
orthern On TrackPrecinct 96
re-K Center253 Chimuri StreetLa Mesa, NMPrecincts 9 and
erino Elementary School
10
55 Shrode
Road
Anthony,
NM
Precinct 8 and part
esquite Elementaryof Precinct 79
05 NM Hwy 228Mesquite, NM
4
recincts I
1, 12,
nthony Elementary School
and 80
00 Fourth StreetAnthony, NM
5
or voters who vote Chaparral Middle School
in Doha Ana Pre-
90 E. Lisa Drivecincts 75 and 76;
haparral, NM 88021portions of DohaAna Precincts 6 and
74; Otero Precinct I,
and portions of 35within the District
Portion of Doha Ana Vado Elementary SchoolPrecinct 120 (Vado) 330 Holguin Road
Vado. NM 88072
All registered voters residing within theboundaries of the Gadsden Independent School
District are allowed to vote.
Two Mil LevyCapital Improvements Tax Election
2012
Sources of Capital Funds
The Gadsden Board of Education has three
sources of funding for capital improvements :
1)
General Obligation Bonds - Voters approved
$36,000,000 in the February 2010 bond
election. Proceeds are used for major build-
ing and renovation projects.
2)
Public Schools Capital Outlay Act - The dis-trict can apply to the state for matching funds
to construct, improve and renovate schoolfacilities. Priority for these funds is set by
using the statewide educational adequacy
standards.
3)
Two Mil Capital Improvements Tax Levy -
Currently in place. Re-approval
of this tax
levy will keep this source of funding in place
for 6 years. These funds are used for main-
taining the school facilities and providing
equipment for the schools. The tax pro-
duces over $1,300,000 per year. The Dis-trict receives matching funds of approxi-mately $2,300,000 as long as the mil levy
has been approved by the voters of the Dis-
trict.
Sunland Park Elementary
BALLOT QUESTION
Shall the Board of Education of the Gadsden Inde-pendent School District No. 16, Counties of DonaAna and Otero, State of New Mexico, be authorized
to impose a property tax of $2.00 per each
$1,000.00 of net taxable value of the property allo-
cated to the District under the Property Tax Code
for the property tax years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016 and 2017, for the purpose of the followingcapital improvements in the District and the An-
thony Charter School, located in the District: erect-
ing, remodeling, making additions to, providing
equipment for or furnishing public school buildings;
purchasing or improving public school grounds;maintenance of public school buildings or public
school grounds, including the purchasing or repair-ing of maintenance equipment, participating in thefacility information management system as required
by the Public School Capital Outlay Act and includ-
ing payments under contracts with regional educa-tion cooperatives for maintenance support services
and expenditures for technical training and certifica-
tion for maintenance and facilities management
personnel, but excluding salary expenses employ-ees of the District and the Anthony Charter School;
purchasing activity vehicles for transporting stu-dents to extracurricular school activities; or pur-chasing computer software and hardware for stu-
dent use in public school classrooms?
Anthony Elementary School
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE 2MIL LEVY
The 2 mil levy and the state matching funds
in the past 5 years have provided over
$6,000,000 in
equipment
for all schools inthe district including classroom equipment,
library equipment, athletic equipment, band
equipment and school copiers. It has also
provided over $7,000,000 for continued
maintenance
of the District's school facili-
ties.
Chaparral High School
The Cost......
APPROVAL
OF THE 2 MILLEVY WILL NOT INCREASE
PROPERTY TAXES
This is a continuation of a tax already
imposed. Approval of the 2 mil levy
question generate funds over the next6 years that will be used to maintain
and improve school property and pur-
chase equipment throughout the Dis-
trict.
The 2 mil levy is $2.00 per
$1,000 of assessed valuation.
PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS (2 MIL)
TAX QUESTION
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