Lessons learned from Helena and Billings school bonds

As Great Falls Public Schools explores the possibility of a bond election to update its aging facilities, the district can gleam some wisdom from the failure and passage of major bond requests in two other Montana cities.

Voters in Helena said no to a $70 million bond request in June and in the fall of 2013, voters in Billings approved a $122 million bond request for buildings. Both votes came as somewhat of a shock to school officials and supporters in each community.

Kristen Cates, GreatFalls

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