The North Rock Creek School Board has called for an election on a no-taxincrease bond issue for new elementary and secondary school buildings.
The election is set for Feb. 10, 2026. The bond amount is estimated at $32.03 million, which is a conservative estimate, according to Superintendent Blake Moody. It will cost taxpayers roughly $790 to $800 a year on a $200,000 property, which is what they pay for the current issue.
He said the school district will secure enough funds to build a 16-classroom elementary building and a 12-classroom secondary building.
The elementary will have a state-ofthe art Innovation Library Media Center and special ed classrooms. The secondary building will have science and art labs along with multiple classrooms.
This will free up the current middle school building attached to the high school, Moody said.
“It actually is going to give more classroom space for every single grade level pre-K through 12 and CougarCare or daycare,” Moody said.
Currently, grade levels are capped at 80 for pre-K through eighth, and 140 for ninth through 12th. After the expansion, caps will go up to 100 to 120 per grade level for pre-K through eighth and 200 to 225 for high school.
He added that it’s likely they could get more money, with the estimates based on an interest rate of about 5.5 percent, though he believes they can get closer to 4.5 percent.
Also, construction is estimated to cost about $425 per square foot, though Moody believes it could be closer to $300 to $400 per square foot.
“And if that’s the case, then we can talk about some other facility upgrades, including expanding our workout facilities on the north side of the gym and expanding our high school, our new high school, with a possible theater,” he said. “We’re going to plan and design for all of it, but we are very confident in the elementary building and secondary building for classrooms.”
Moody said for the past six years or so, North Rock Creek has been “busting at the seams” in all grade levels, with a transfer waiting list. They’re using every available room and are nearly out of classroom space. They decided that they had paid off enough of the existing high school bond and were able to get enough bond financing without increasing the tax.
At the Nov. 10 meeting, the school board voted to hire Unity Studio as the architect and MacHill Construction Company as the construction manager for the project. The school system has worked with them before, so it is excited to move forward with them.
Moody said they plan to secure funding by summer 2026, if the issue is approved.. Dirt work can start at that time, and it should take about two years to complete the construction.
Both buildings should be ready for use by the fall of 2028, Moody said.