BOND 2023
Proposal Development
In 2014, prior to the passage of the Chieftain Strong bond issue which funded numerous district projects over nine years, the long-range planning committee identified a need for a new Sapulpa High School. The group outlined a master plan for future bond issues, with 2023 as the target date for a bond proposal to construct a new high school campus.
In the fall of 2022, Sapulpa Public Schools began a series of site need assessments and community and district meetings to develop a 2023 bond issue to fund the building of a new Sapulpa High School and other crucial district projects.
Long-range planning meetings included interactive feedback and surveys from teachers, parents, students, city and county leaders and community members. Following the assessments and meetings, SPS administration and the long-range planning committee, which included a financial consultant, put together a completed bond resolution.
Please visit one the following news items for more information about the 2023 bond issue development process:
Long-range planning committee meets to discuss bond development
03/01/2023
This is the fourth committee meeting to discuss the next steps toward a bond issue for a new high school.
Special board meeting held to discuss bond development
02/16/2023
Sapulpa board of education members met with district administrators, architects and project coordinators to discuss the next steps in bond proposal development.
Third community meeting held on bond development process
12/16/2022
It was the third in a series of long-range planning meetings held during the fall 2022 semester.
Superintendent Rob Armstrong meets with students about future bond proposal
11/02/2022
Mr. Armstrong is gathering feedback from students in all grade levels as Sapulpa Public Schools moves toward a bond issue for a new high school.
Construction management firm named for proposed bond project
10/11/2022
The SPS Board of Education approved Nabholz Construction Services to oversee the proposed high school project.
Second community meeting held on proposed bond
Firms chosen to lead new high school project
08/24/2022
During their regular August meeting, the Sapulpa Public Schools Board unanimously approved awarding architectural services related to the design, bidding, and construction of the new High School project.
We welcome your questions and feedback! If you have inquiries or comments about the 2023 bond issue development, please email [email protected].
Left, Ian Kilpatrick from DLR Group presented building ideas. Right, students, including SHS senior Riley Groves, attended the second long-range planning committee meeting and provided input.
Left, Kenda Terrones, SPS Chief Financial Officer, and right, Superintendent Rob Armstrong, spoke to the group at the long-range planning committee meeting in October.
Left, Donia Doudican, SPS Exec. Director of Teaching and Learning, discussed grade configuration. Right, Assistant Superintendent Johnny Bilby, gave an update on construction management firm selection at the long-range planning committee meeting in October.
Left, former SPS Superintendent Dr. Mary Webb, and right, SPS counselors, are attending the series of long-range planning committee meetings.
Left, students and their parents, and right, SPS school board members Wayne Richards, Steve McCormick and Larry Hoover, heard ideas on the 2023 bond development and provided feedback at the long-range planning committee meeting in October.
Left, Instructional Technology Coordinator Carla Cale and right, SHS principal Seth Shibley, are attending the series of long-range planning committee meetings.
Left, Supt. Rob Armstrong addresses the crowd at the first long-range planning committee meeting in September. Right, over the summer, principals Seth Shibley (SHS), Dru Dixon (Sapulpa Jr. High), and Ashley Tselee (Bartlett Academy) join Supt. Armstrong and Assistant Supt. Johnny Bilby to brainstorm with DLR Group and Reed Architecture and Interiors.
Left, Teachers/Coaches Darlean Calip and Adedolapo Sobowale and right, SHS assistant principal Kimberly Leonard and teacher/coach Tim Holt meet with architectural firm representatives to discuss needs for a new high school campus.
Left, (L to R) Michael Feamster, Nabholz, President, Southwest Region; David Reed, Principal, Reed Architecture & Interiors; Darrell Sowers, Nabholz, Construction Superintendent), were approved by the SPS Board of Education as the construction management team for the future project. Right, Amber Beverlin, Principal, DLR Group and David Reed, Principal, Reed Architecture and Interiors, represented the architectural groups approved by the Board of Education to design the future high school.