Bond Development 2023

Bond 2023 Development
In the fall of 2022, Sapulpa Public Schools began a series of community and district meetings to help develop a potential 2023 bond proposal to fund the building of a new High School.

Following the meetings, which include interactive feedback and surveys from teachers, parents, students, city and county leaders, and community members, SPS administration and an appointed long-range planning committee which includes a financial consultant, will put together a completed bond proposal resolution. That resolution will be considered by the Sapulpa Public Schools Board of Education, which will vote on it and decide when a bond issue should go before voters.


Learn More About Bond Development

Please visit one the following news items for more information about the 2023 bond proposal:

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
10/07/2022
Sapulpa Public Schools held an interactive meeting to generate feedback on a bond proposal for a new high school. 

Teachers meet with architectural firms to give input on bond development
09/16/2022
Sapulpa teachers met with Reed Architecture and Interiors and DLR Group to share what they would like to see in a new high school.


Community meets to discuss long-range bond plan
09/09/2022
This was the first in a series of special meetings to discuss long-range planning of the potential 2023 bond issue.

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.

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We welcome your questions and feedback! If you have inquiries or comments about the 2023 bond issue development, please email [email protected]

Sapulpa High School
Sapulpa High School was built in 1961. The auditorium was constructed in 1963.

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Ian Kilpatrick of DLR Group Students attended the meeting
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.

CFO Kenda Terrones Rob Armstrong
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.

Donia Doudican Johnny Bilby
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.

Former Supt Dr Mary Webb Input polling via mobile app
Left, former SPS Superintendent Dr. Mary Webb, and right, SPS counselors, are attending the series of long-range planning committee meetings.

Students join their parents at long-range planning meeting School board members Wayne Richards, Steve McCormick and Larry Hoover
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.

Q&A session SHS principal Seth Shibley
Left, Instructional Technology Coordinator Carla Cale and right, SHS principal Seth Shibley, are attending the series of long-range planning committee meetings.

Long Range Planning Cmte Reed-DLR Group meets with SPS Adminstration
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.

Coach Calip meets with architectural firms Teachers meet with architectural firms

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.

Construction Management Firm Nabholz Amber Beverlin of DLR Group, David Reed of Reed Architecture & Interiors
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.

Previous School Bond Issues

Bond 2021
On March 2, 2021, voters approved a School Bond totaling more than $1.6 million in projects to help continue growing the educational needs of Sapulpa Public Schools students. 

Bond 2021: Frequently Asked Questions

Bond 2014
In August, 2014, voters approved an historic bond issue for the district, totaling more than $40 million.

It was broken into two propositions:

Proposition 1 ($39.3M) included building improvements, curriculum, district-wide technology upgrades, digital curriculum and athletics facility upgrades. 

Proposition 2 ($1.2M) was for transportation to acquire new school buses.

Bond 2014: Accomplishments
The slide below was presented to the long-range planning committee for 2023 bond development to illustrate the accomplishments made since voters passed the 2014 bond.

Bond 2014 Accomplisments

District awards $1.6M in GO Bonds

03/31/21
The Sapulpa School Board of Education approved the issuance of $1,645,000 General Obligation Combined Purpose Bonds to SpiritBank of Tulsa in association with First Bankers’ Banc Securities, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo. The funds received from the sale of the GO Bonds will be used for district projects that were passed by voters who live in the school district during the Special Election on March 2. The issue passed with 80 percent of the vote.


School board awards $9.91M bond
04/21/20
The Sapulpa School Board of Education unanimously approved the issuance of a $9.91 million bond during a special meeting Tuesday, April 21, 2020. First United Bank with Country Club Bank was awarded the $9,910,000 General Obligation Bond. The funds received from the sale will be used for district projects and to make a payment on the $27.6 million Lease Revenue Bond. In 2014, Creek County voters passed the LR Bond, the largest in the history of Sapulpa Public Schools.

School board awards $9.8M bond
06/06/18
The Sapulpa School Board of Education unanimously approved the issuance of a $9.88 million bond during a special meeting Tuesday. Fifth Third Securities of Cincinnati, Ohio was awarded the $9,885,000 General Obligation Bond. The funds received from the sale will be used for district projects and to make a payment on the $27.6 million Lease Revenue Bond. In 2014, Creek County voters passed the LR Bond, the largest in the history of Sapulpa Public Schools.

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