ALEXANDER, N.D. -- It didn’t take many voters to make a big financial decision in Alexander Public School’s special election Tuesday.
A $17.1 million bond levy to double the size of the K-12 school was approved by a vote of 72 in favor with just 11 opposed.
School superintendent Leslie Bieber said the 88 percent approval far exceeds the supermajority needed to pass a bond levy and the board will proceed with bidding the project and breaking ground this spring.
The school in far western McKenzie County continues to swell with new oil boom families and is up to 189 this year, compared to 53 five years ago, and is expected to reach 360 in another three years.
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Bieber said she’s glad the anxiety of the election is over and said the small turnout was less important than the attitude it conveyed.
“I’m glad that the people who took the time to vote were behind the school,” she said.
The new construction will double the number of classrooms, add a second gym and expand the cafeteria and kitchen.
