NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND ELECTION

SCHOOL BOND ELECTION

LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0037

(HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS)

IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA

TUESDAY, February 15, 2022

Public Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Lincoln County School District 0037 (Hershey Public Schools) in the State of Nebraska (the “District”) that a special election to be held in said District on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District the following proposition:

“Shall Lincoln County School District 0037 (Hershey Public Schools) in the State of Nebraska issue its bonds in a total principal amount not to exceed Seventeen Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($17,900,000) to provide funds to (i) construct a new addition to the District’s school building in Hershey, Nebraska, such addition to include additional instructional space; a secured entrance; consolidated administrative offices; vocational and agriculture/FFA program space; a kitchen, serving and dining area; a multi-purpose space for physical education, performing arts and practice area; Title IX compliant locker rooms; a science and health center academy; a weight room; other support spaces; and site improvements relating to such addition; (ii) construct renovations to and improvements of the existing school building, including renovations of the 1959 elementary classrooms; adding ADA restrooms, K-12 art space, K-12 media space, and offices for school counselors and school psychologist within such building; and site improvements relating to such building; and (iii) acquire and install the necessary furniture, equipment, apparatus and site improvements for such addition and building; and said bonds to be issued from time to time, and be sold at such prices, to bear interest at such rates, to become due at such times, and to have such other terms and provisions, all as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Education of the District; and

“Shall the District cause to be levied and collected annually a special levy of taxes against all the taxable property in the District sufficient in rate and amount to pay the principal of, the premium, if any, and the interest on said bonds as the same become due?”

FOR                         said bonds and tax

AGAINST               said bonds and tax

Qualified electors voting in favor of said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “FOR said bonds and tax” following said proposition, and qualified electors voting against said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “AGAINST said bonds and tax” following said proposition.