Sugar-Salem Bond Committee

11/04/2025

📣 REMINDER TO VOTE YES TODAY! 📣

Here’s what the levy funds will cover:
🔹 High School roof repairs — $200,000
🔹 Parking lot resurfacing (JH & Kershaw) — $70,000
🔹 New lunchroom tables — $20,000
🔹 Lighting retrofits at SSEC & Central — $50,000
🔹 Classroom carpet replacements — $80,000
🔹 Copy machines (five-year cycle) — $40,000
🔹 Custodial & concrete repairs — $90,000

📘 Plus, updated textbooks and learning materials — $175,000 per year

Total: $450,000 per year for two years
The estimated average annual cost to the taxpayer on the proposed levy is a tax of $67.60 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, per year, based on current conditions.

✅ Your vote makes a difference. Support the levy to keep our schools strong for today’s students — and tomorrow’s leaders. Vote TODAY!

10/13/2025

📣 Sugar-Salem School District Levy — Your Support Matters! 🏫💙

Our schools are growing, and we’re committed to keeping them safe, functional, and ready for learning. The upcoming school levy helps maintain essential facilities and classroom resources that keep Sugar-Salem strong.

Here’s what the levy funds will cover:
🔹 High School roof repairs — $200,000
🔹 Parking lot resurfacing (JH & Kershaw) — $70,000
🔹 New lunchroom tables — $20,000
🔹 Lighting retrofits at SSEC & Central — $50,000
🔹 Classroom carpet replacements — $80,000
🔹 Copy machines (five-year cycle) — $40,000
🔹 Custodial & concrete repairs — $90,000

📘 Plus, updated textbooks and learning materials — $175,000 per year

Total: $450,000 per year for two years

This levy isn’t about adding new programs — it’s about taking care of what we already have so students can continue learning in safe, comfortable environments.

The estimated average annual cost to the taxpayer on the proposed levy is a tax of $67.60 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, per year, based on current conditions.

✅ Your vote makes a difference. Support the levy to keep our schools strong for today’s students — and tomorrow’s leaders. Vote November 4th!

05/16/2024

Did you know that the School District operates on a 10-year maintenance plan? 🤯 This video discusses many of the maintenance needs this levy will be able to fund. Most of these items have been waiting patiently ⏰ for their turn to be addressed. Learn more at https://ssdistrictlevy.com/

01/04/2022

From Sugar-Salem Superintendent Chester Bradshaw:

Sugar city patrons,
I am hoping that everyone had a wonderful break! In the spirit of the holidays, we want to invite you to an open house tour of our Junior High building. We are fully functioning, and would love to show you some of the fruits of everyone’s hard work! We will have the building open from 6-8 pm on
Wednesday and Thursday January 5th and 6th, 2022 of this week for anyone who would like to come and spend a few minutes with me and the board of trustees on a short tour.

Looking forward to it!
Sincerely,
Chester Bradshaw
Superintendent of Schools
Sugar-Salem School District #322
105 West Center
P.O. Box 150
Sugar City, ID 83448
(208) 356-8802

11/25/2021

Here are a few pictures of the new Jr High. The members of the Bond Committee were invited on a tour. It was very impressive and all the contractors have done a great job. Our students are very blessed to have a fantastic facilitiy to learn in.

08/27/2021

Sod going in on the new soccer field! Look at all these helpful student/athletes getting it done! It's looking awesome!

03/09/2021

TODAY IS THE DAY! GET OUT AND VOTE!

~SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY~

02/22/2021

Below is for your information on the Supplemental Levy vote.

Vote is March 9th, 2021.

08/28/2019

The bond to build a new junior high passed with 78% of voters in favor! Voter turnout for this bond was impressive. Thank you to everyone who voted. We are excited to begin the process of building a new school to serve our students, with the goal to open the school in August of 2021. We are proud to be part of the Digger community!

08/28/2019

Passed!

IDAHO FALLS — Voters have rejected a $42.7 million dollar bond that would have paid for a new elementary school and upgrades to two high schools in Bonneville Joint School District 93. A total of 1,606 people voted in favor of the bond with 2,393 voting against. A supermajority of 66.6 percent was...

08/27/2019

Today is the day! We’re excited to see all our great community members come out and vote for the bond!

If you haven’t yet, remember to get out and vote! @ Sugar-Salem School District