Facility and financial information and feedback

The Provo City School District will hold four regional meetings to discuss the district's capital facilities needs. This is the information provided at these meetings. If you would like to learn more about our facilities, please attend one of our upcoming meetings.

Meeting time and place

• Wednesday, May 1, 2024
• Monday, May 6, 2024
• Wednesday, May 15, 2024
• Thursday, May 16, 2024

We would like to extend a warm welcome and thank you from Superintendent Dow, Superintendent Devin Dailey, and the Provo City Board of Education.

Meeting format

• Discuss facility needs for the next 5-10 years.
• Discuss current construction projects and situations
• discuss funding
• Opportunity for questions, feedback and ideas

We want this to be an ongoing conversation with the entire community.

PCSD’s top priorities until 2030

• Complete Timpview rebuild
  • The current stage, financed with GO bonds in 2021, is almost completed
  • We have discovered additional structural issues in the remainder of the building that need to be addressed for the safety of students, staff, and patrons.
• Determine how the current Dixon Middle School site will be used based on student and community needs. Build accordingly.

PCSD’s top priorities until 2035

• After a boundary and feasibility study, the needs of the oldest buildings, Westridge Elementary School (1979) and Canyon Crest Elementary School (1982), will be determined.
• Increase efficiency in the use of current district office space: Grandview Technology Center Campus, Main District Office, Hillside Building

Timpview High School

• Safety of students, staff, and patrons: Priority #1
• When preparing the old part of the building for demolition, several problems were discovered.
  • building subsidence
  • Subsidence/sliding soil
  • Structural concrete is not properly reinforced
  • roof and walls are not connected
  • Does not meet the provisions of the Fire Service Act
  • ADA accessibility is minimal in older parts of the building

Does it meet the needs of your program and students?

• Increased number of Timpview subscribers
• Administration/Consultation Office
• cafeteria
• Performing Arts Department
• I-Wing accessibility for students with disabilities

• State risk requirements for insurance purposes
  • As long as we showed progress in resolving the issue, we were exempt from insurance coverage.
• Construction requirements for K-12 buildings are higher than for charter schools, adult-only buildings, and private residences.

Concept Master Plan – Staged Options

• Option 1 – Completed in 2027 using a mobile performing arts trailer and temporarily moving management to the Commons.
• Option 2 – Temporarily move government to the commons in stages to minimize disruption and complete in 2029

Dixon Junior High School website

• Feedback from the Dixon community
  • The space will remain available to students and the community.
  • PCSD prioritized since middle school moved to Shoreline
  • The community doesn't want to sell the property to a developer, nor does it want office space for use in the district.

• Current usage:
  • June 2024 – January 2026: Boys and Girls Club
    • 6 classrooms, library, cafeteria, and storage space
    • Stand-alone HVAC unit.Safety for students in specific wings of the building
  • Adult education space still in use
  • The auditorium is available for community use
  • Green space used by the community

• Why can this building be used for these needs and not as a school?
  • Gymnasium: Dangerous.unreinforced concrete
  • Other parts of the building are not earthquake resistant. We are staying in a CTE building that meets minimum safety standards.
  • Boiler: Cannot be replaced as it is on its last leg
    • Classrooms in use are equipped with individual heating and cooling systems.

How can a Dixon site meet your current needs?

• We prioritize that this space not only meet the needs of the Dixon community, but the needs of the entire district.
• Career and Technical Education Center – Possible Ideas
  • Access to specialized programs for high school students
  • Location of Center for Advanced Specialized Studies (CAPS)
  • Daycare/preschool for school district employees, as well as college credit for students
  • Aviation, robotics, engineering, education, and construction programs
  • MTECH meets some of these needs

• adult education program
  • ○English class
  • ○Adult high school graduate level
• community education program
• Permanent home of East Bay Post High School

How can a Dixon site meet your current needs?

• advantage:
  • Relieving population pressure at secondary education level
  • Students will continue to be connected to a feeder pattern of athletics and other extracurricular activities.
  • Permanent housing for CAPS
  • Expanding Career and Technical Education Opportunities within the School District
  • Play areas and green spaces as part of kindergartens and nurseries
  • Continue to offer adult education, English classes, and other community resources
  • Provides a permanent location for East Bay Post High
• Concerns:
  • Fee
  • Transportation and maintenance

What are the costs associated with these projects?

• Timpview: $50 million to complete remaining areas (administration, counseling, cafeteria, performing arts department, CTE department)
• Dixon site: $30 million to $100 million
  • Depends on funding, size and purpose

How do I pay for these projects?

school district finances

Weighted Pupil Units (WPU): $4494 in 2025

• Created to normalize funding across the state
  • minimum school program
  • School districts are required to levy a minimum percentage to provide local support for K-12 funding (an amount set by the state)
  • Uniform School Fund – Funded primarily by personal income tax
    • K-12, Special Education, CTE, Professional Staff, At-Risk (Moved in recent years)
• Other minimum school programs (related programs)

A graph of school district finances based on enrollment.

Why does the number of registrants fluctuate?

• e-school reduction
• Enrollment at the elementary school level declines across the state
• Increased high school enrollment – ​​The need to exit Timpview and find career and technical education opportunities is also increasing
• Boundary and feasibility studies begin to provide more equitable resources across the district

Other sources of income

Local income:

• Property tax (75% of total local tax revenue)
• The only ongoing source of operating income that the district can raise when needed.
• How do we grow this revenue and how do we use it?
• Interest (8%)
• Child nutrition sales (1%)
• Other local income (16%)
• Indirect (federal and state grants)
• tuition fee
• Ensoku
• Other income

What are our property taxes paid for?

• physical equipment
  • Timpview
  • coastline
  • wasatch
• employee retention
  • Competitive salary with surrounding areas
  • Critical research on school/district positions

current construction expenditures

• How are payments made for Timpview, Shoreline, and Wasatch?
  • 2019 Bond Revenue Information
    • This bond failed: $245 million.
  • 2021 Bonds $70 million
    • Rebuild the most important areas of Timpview
  • August 2022 Truth and taxation of Local Construction Bureau bonds
    • wasatch
    • coastline
    • Teacher retention rate
• increased cost

Payment methods for Timpview and Dixon sites

General Obligation (GO) Bonds

• Lower interest rates (more competitive sales)
• Repaid through tax revenue collected into the bond service fund
• approved by voters

Municipal Building Authority (MBA) Bonds

• higher interest rate
• Payments are made from existing revenues (or increased property tax rates).
• Approval from the board of directors (board of education)
• Limit ongoing capital projects

Deposit Limits – MBA Deposit

• Senate Bill 86 – Limits LBA/MBA debt to $200 million over three years.

• Pay a 4-5 year deposit on Timpview and Dixon projects.
  • Timpview will take four years to build
  • Dixon site plan completed by year 5
  • Bonds of waterfall
    • One bond expires in 2027, so there will be no significant increase in property taxes.
    • The current property tax rate is 0.007333, which is approximately $2016 for a $500,000 home.
    • With a bond, your property taxes will remain relatively flat unless your property value increases.

QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK CODE

• The state where you live and the boundaries of your elementary school
• Use respectful language.civil discourse
• 3 minute limit
• Feedback: Submit your question on the main page of our website or use the QR code.
• Please provide feedback or ask a question here

Thank you and next steps

• Feedback from the entire Provo community
  • Submit a question
  • Create a FAQ sheet on your website
• Further information session
• City Hall with officers and district leaders
• Tour of the site (especially Timpview)
• Do you have other information that would be helpful to our community? What is the best way to share this information and ask for feedback?