Gordon-Rushville board approves resolution calling $24.85 million bond election

The Gordon-Rushville School Board voted to place a bond question on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot to fund district facility improvements totaling no more than $24,850,000. Member Ward Wacker moved the resolution and Member Ryan Alcorn seconded; the measure passed on a roll-call vote of 4–1 (Member Seth Tausan voted no; Member Carrie Child was absent).

The resolution describes issuing bonds to pay for an addition at the Gordon high school to replace the original three‑story building (classrooms, administrative offices, cafeteria/commons and support spaces), renovations at the existing high school for safety and secure entrances, improvements including a weight room, wrestling room and locker rooms and safety updates to the track, and an addition at the Rushville middle school to replace the existing Rushville Elementary building. The bond language included on the sample ballot asks: "Shall Sheridan County School District 0010 (Gordon-Rushville Public Schools) ... issue the bonds ... in the principal amount of not to exceed Twenty-Four Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($24,850,000) ... and cause to be levied and collected annually a special levy of taxes ... sufficient in rate and amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same become due?" (ballot text adopted by the board).

Board members also directed publication of the required notices and for the secretary or superintendent to certify the resolution to the Sheridan County Election Commissioner by Sept. 1, 2026. The published notice in the board packet specifies polling hours for the Nov. 3 general election, accessibility of polling places and early‑voting application instructions for Sheridan County residents. The vote and adopted ballot language finalize the district's procedural steps to place the question before voters.