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September 25, 2023 - 4:26pm | By Tom Tucker
(Fargo, ND) -- Representatives for West Fargo Public Schools are making a last minute plea, asking residents in the city to vote "yes" Tuesday on a school bond referendum.
"We're also the fastest growing school district, historically have been adding anywhere between you know, 4, 5 or 6 hundred students any given year. Those students need space," said the the district's business manager Levi Bachmeier.
Bachmeier and Superintendent Beth Slette have been promoting the $133 million dollar school bond for months.
If approved, Bachmeier says the money would be used in part to build a new elementary school and to pay for additions to existing campuses across the district.
In 2018, voters in the district passed a $106.9 million dollar bond referendum.
All residents of the West Fargo School District are eligible to vote in the special election including all residents of West Fargo, Horace, Harwood, Reile's Acres, and parts of Fargo. There will be six locations where voters may cast their vote:
Westside Elementary School, 945 7th Ave. W., West Fargo
Lutheran Church of the Cross, 1402 16th St. E., West Fargo
Rustad Recreation Center, 601 26th Ave. E., West Fargo
Triumph West Church, 3745 Sheyenne St., West Fargo
Horace Lutheran Church, 650 1st. St. N., Horace
Harwood Community Center, 210 Freedland Drive, Harwood
