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COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE Meeting # 1 28 January 2019

HISTORY OF BOND REFERENDA IN BEAUFORT COUNTY 2

St. Helena 1B St. Helena 1B % Yes 2018 Seabrook 1 Seabrook 1 % Yes 2016 Burton 2B Burton 2B Beaufort 01 Beaufort 01 % No 2018 Lady's Island 3A % No 2016 Lady's Island 3A St. Helena 1A St. Helena 1A Lady's Island 1A Lady's Island 1A Lady's Island 3B Lady's Island 3B Seabrook 3 Seabrook 3 St. Helena 2B St. Helena 2B Mossy Oaks 1A Mossy Oaks 1A Burton 3 Burton 3 Burton 1A Burton 1A Port Royal 1 Port Royal 1 St. Helena 2A St. Helena 2A Lady's Island 2B Lady's Island 2B Burton 2C Burton 2C Lady's Island 2A Lady's Island 2A Sheldon 1 Sheldon 1 Sheldon 2 Sheldon 2 Dale Lobeco Dale Lobeco Hilton Head 9B Hilton Head 9B Hilton Head 7A Hilton Head 7A Mossy Oaks 2 Mossy Oaks 2 Lady's Island 1B Lady's Island 1B Hilton Head 5A Hilton Head 5A Hilton Head 5B Hilton Head 5B Sun City 8 Sun City 8 Lady's Island 2C Lady's Island 2C Beaufort 02 Beaufort 02 Hilton Head 8 Hilton Head 8 Hilton Head 7B Hilton Head 7B Sun City 5 Sun City 5 Seabrook 2 Seabrook 2 Beaufort 03 Beaufort 03 Burton 1C Burton 1C Hilton Head 2C Hilton Head 2C Sun City 1 Sun City 1 St. Helena 2C St. Helena 2C Hilton Head 6 Hilton Head 6 St. Helena 1C St. Helena 1C Hilton Head 4B Hilton Head 4B Hilton Head 14 Hilton Head 14 Burton 2A Burton 2A Sun City 4 Sun City 4 Sun City 2 Sun City 2 Mossy Oaks 1B Mossy Oaks 1B Burton 1D Burton 1D Hilton Head 4D Hilton Head 4D Hilton Head 15B Hilton Head 15B Hilton Head 13 Hilton Head 13 Bluffton 1C Bluffton 1C Hilton Head 12 Hilton Head 12 Sun City 3 Sun City 3 Hilton Head 11 Hilton Head 11 Hilton Head 4A Hilton Head 4A Sun City 6 Sun City 6 Hilton Head 15A Hilton Head 15A Moss Creek Moss Creek Port Royal 2 Port Royal 2 Hilton Head 5C Hilton Head 5C Hilton Head 4C Hilton Head 4C Sun City 7 Sun City 7 Lady's Island 3C Lady's Island 3C Hilton Head 9A Hilton Head 9A Hilton Head 10 Hilton Head 10 Hilton Head 1B Hilton Head 1B Bluffton 1D Bluffton 1D Hilton Head 2A Hilton Head 2A Chechessee 1 Chechessee 1 Hilton Head 3 Hilton Head 3 Bluffton 3 Bluffton 3 Belfair Belfair Bluffton 4A Bluffton 4A Hilton Head 1A Hilton Head 1A Bluffton 4D Bluffton 4D Bluffton 2C Bluffton 2C Burton 1B Burton 1B Chechesse 2 Chechesse 2 Rose Hill Rose Hill Bluffton 1A Bluffton 1A Bluffton 2E Bluffton 2E Daufuskie Daufuskie Bluffton 2A Bluffton 2A Bluffton 4B Bluffton 4B Bluffton 5A Bluffton 5A Bluffton 4C Bluffton 4C Bluffton 1B Bluffton 1B Hilton Head 2B Hilton Head 2B 3 Bluffton 2B Bluffton 2B Bluffton 2D Bluffton 2D 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 PERCENT PERCENT

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2008 2008 Sc School l Bond Bond Referendum - $162 $162.7 .7M Board vote for passage Outside committee to promote the referendum. Staff made presentation to the public on “just the facts” of what the projects lists were included. Held on Saturday April 26, 2008 PASSED 52% - 5223 Yes / 4803 No Items included in the referendum: • construct a Bluffton-area elementary school on Jones Tract (This eventually became Pritchardville Elementary) • construct a Bluffton- area elementary school on Davis Road Tract (this eventually became River Ridge Academy) • construct 2 new Bluffton- area early learning centers (Bluffton and MC Riley ECC’s) • Building Additions (Mossy Oaks PE Building, Broad River PE Building, HE McCracken Band and Drama rooms, Beaufort High Performing Arts Center) • Site Acquisition and Preparation for: • New Lady’s Island Area Elementary School • Bluffton Area Elementary – Jones Tract • Bluffton Area Middle – New River • Bluffton Area High – New River 5

2016 2016 Sc School l Bond Bond Referendum - $217 $217M 2018 Sc 2018 School l Bond Bond Referendum - $76 $76M Board Vote for passage = 8-2 Board vote for passage 6-5 NO outside support committee to promote or education NO outside support committee to promote or the public education the public Held on Saturday April 21, 2018 Held on Saturday November 8, 2018 Bond FAILED 28% YES / 72%NO with 14,557 voters There were 2 questions on the ballot: one for a traditional referendum, and one for a penny sales tax. Items included in the Referendum: Bond Referendum FAILED 55% - 29,955 YES / 36,069 Additions at May River High and River Ridge Academy • NO • New CATE centers at Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Penny Sales Tax FAILED 59% – 27,692 YES / 40,171 NO Head High Schools Items included in the referendum: New school on New Riverside Property • • HVAC replacements – 12 schools • Roof replacements – 12 schools • Additions at May River High and River Ridge Academy • 2 New schools • Land purchases for New Schools • Gym and Performing Arts Center at WBECHS • Wrestling Facilities at Beaufort and Bluffton High 6

• To review the Capital Improvement Plan list published December 2018 • To review architect reports for projects to add to the list GOALS • To discuss equity issues for projects district-wide • To review classroom standards • Finalize project list and report to Board of Education by 2 April 2019 7

• January 28, 2019 - First meeting of the Community Project Review Committee • January 30, 2019 - Tour of schools (TBD) • Week of February 4, 2019 – Committee CALENDAR Mtg. COMMUNITY PROJECT • February 15, 2019 – Board of Education REVIEW COMMITTEE Work Session – Committee update and Project Status report • Week of February 25, 2019 – Committee Mtg. • Week of March 11, 2019 – Committee Mtg. • Week of March 25, 2019 – Committee Mtg. • April 2, 2019 – Committee Presents Capital Project List to the Board of Education 8

• February 15, 2019 Board Work Session – Community Committee update & Project Status Report • April 2, 2019 – Community Committee Presents Capital Project List CALENDAR • April 6 – 10, 2019 – Superintendent Finalist Interviews • April 16, 2019 – Board Meeting BCSD BOARD OF • Discuss Referendum Project List EDUCATION • Ballot Information by Burr Forman McNair (Frannie Heizer) • Bond Information by Compass Advisors (Brian Nurick) • May 7, 2019 – Discuss Referendum Project List • May 21, 2019 – Board Meeting • Priorities for 8% Projects for FY 2021 • Ballot Review by Burr Forman McNair • Referendum Ballot Question • July 1, 2019 – New Superintendent’s First Day • November 5, 2019 – Referendum Vote 9

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1988 1988 Sc School l Bond Bond Referendum - $45 $45M Date held March 22, 1998 PASSED Items identified by a Citizen’s Task Force included: • New James J. Davis Elementary • New M.C. Riley Elementary • New HE McCracken Middle School (now the Hilton Head Middle School) • Replacement of Battery Creek High and renovations to current building for an elementary school. • Cafeteria, office and library at Broad River Elementary • Computer, library and other special spaces at Lady’s Island Elementary • Cafeteria, library, office, restrooms at Shell Point Elementary • General Renovations, repairs, and classroom additions at Hilton Head Primary, Port Royal Elementary, St Helena Elementary, Robert Smalls Jr. High, • Expansion of library, and instructional areas at Beaufort High (now Beaufort Middle School) • Classroom additions at Hilton Head High School 13

1994 Sc 1994 School l Bond Bond Referendum - $80 $80M 1995 1995 Sc School l Bond Bond Referendum - $122M $122M Held on Tuesday May 24, 1994 Held on Tuesday May 23, 1995 FAILED – 4958 Yes / 5409 No PASSED 55% - 8339 Yes/ 6960 No Items included in the referendum: Items included in the referendum: • • New elementary school on Hilton Head New Gray’s Hill Elementary School (now Whale Branch • Battery Creek Middle School Elementary) • • New Elementary on Lady’s Island New MC Riley Elementary School • • New Bluffton Elementary School New Lady’s Island II Elementary School (now Coosa • Hilton Head High expansion Elementary) • • New Beaufort Middle School New Bluffton Elementary School • • New Bluffton Middle School Hilton Head II Elementary School • • Replacement facility for Beaufort High Additions at Broad River, Mossy Oaks, Lady’s Island Elementary, Hilton Head High • Mary Fields Elementary expansion (Daufuskie Island) • New Gray’s Hill Middle Schools (now Whale Branch Middle) • New Bluffton Middle School (now HE McCracken Middle) • New Beaufort Middle School • New Beaufort High • Refurbishing and upgrading at Battery Creek High • 14 Technology for new and existing schools