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Good news for taxpayers in Menlo Park City School District
Original post made on Nov 10, 2015
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 8:55 AM
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Posted by Member
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 10, 2015 at 6:20 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 10, 2015 at 6:20 pm
Is Las Lomitas District able to follow suit?
Posted by Elizabeth Ouren
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 10, 2015 at 7:25 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 10, 2015 at 7:25 pm
Great news! Thank you MPCSD for being good financial stewards!
Posted by stats
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Nov 11, 2015 at 10:46 am
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Nov 11, 2015 at 10:46 am
Worthwhile reading the whole news release:
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* Menlo Park City School District is now the only school district in California to have both a “Aaa†rating from Moody’s and a “AAA†rating from Standard and Poor’s.
* Unlike nearly all other capital appreciation bonds (CABs) issued by California school districts in the 2000s, the District’s 2008 and 2010 bonds were issued with the ability to be refinanced in the future.
This big savings stemmed from hard work and good long term planning by the board and Ahmad. Great work !
I was originally a skeptic of the the CABs, but district has artfully managed them back into General Obligation bonds. I'm impressed and glad I live in this district. We're getting the needed expansions with the best possible financial management I have ever seen.
Posted by Happier
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Nov 12, 2015 at 8:09 pm
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Nov 12, 2015 at 8:09 pm
I'm happier with this move. Still not so happy that we're probably still paying for the previous addition (multi etc) to Hillview that was demolished for the current buildings.
Refinancing a good move
Posted by Hillview alum
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 14, 2015 at 1:21 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 14, 2015 at 1:21 am
Happier, FYI, the Hillview multi that was built in the 90s was not demolished -- it is still stands and is part of the new Hillview.
Posted by stats
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Nov 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Nov 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Happier,
The 1995 bond issue built the whole multi building (multi, band room/dance studio, locker rooms, and kitchen) plus two science classrooms that came to a total of 8M$ or so. The 2 science classrooms were probably 500K$ of the total cost, but you couldn't even acquire additional land to "save" those two classrooms for that 500K$. All-in-all, a necessary trade-off.
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