Nine years after voters in the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District last approved a major capital project, they may be asked in May to approve another multi-million-dollar bond issue for additional upgrades to the elementary and secondary buildings.
The board is looking at ways to balance the budget without depleting savings or exceeding the tax cap. The final meeting to discuss the proposed budget is next Wednesday.
The 21-page proposal for the Helderberg Earth and Sky Observatory came with preliminary drawings of a double-domed building housing two telescopes and a “large wrap-around observation deck.”
