Arlington Voters Approve $138.83 Million for School Bonds

Nearly 79.5 Percent of Voters Support Bond Measure

Arlington voters approved this year’s $138,830,000 million dollar school bond measure on Tue, Nov. 8. Approximately 79.5 percent of voters supported the bond, which will be dedicated to addressing growing capacity needs throughout Arlington County.

“Thank you to the entire community. We have an incredible community that really supports our schools,” said School Board Chair Nancy Van Doren. “Here in Arlington we are proud to enjoy continued support from the community that is clearly committed to our schools.”

She continued, “One demonstration of this commitment is the strong voter approval of our 2016 School Bond, which passed with just under 80% of the vote. The success of our Bond campaign this year was due in large part to our two Bond Co-Chairs, Monique O’Grady and Peter Fallon. We owe a big thank you to Monique and Peter for their efforts.” The allocation of the $138.8 million will fund the following projects:

• $26,030,000 will be used as the majority funding to build an addition at the Stratford building to add 339 seats.
• $78,400,000 will be used as the majority funding for construction of the new school at the Wilson site to add an estimated 775 seats.
• $12,000,000 will be used to renovate the Career Center/Arlington Tech to add 300 seats.
• $10,000,000 will be used for planning and design to build an additional 1,300 secondary seats [location(s) TBD].
• $12,400,000 will be used for HVAC, roofing, and other infrastructure improvement projects at existing APS buildings.

Information on the 2016 school bond and all of the projects planned in the 2017-26 APS Capital Improvement Plan is available online.