The final tally was 58.64% ‘Approved’ — but we needed 60% to pass. So do we walk away from a better future for our children? Do we quit, knowing the condition of the high school is only going to get worse?

If we succeed in approving the bond in February, the children of the Ferndale School District will have a high school that will prepare them for a 21st century economy, and our elementary and middle schools will get millions of dollars of desperately needed facility repairs and upgrades along with safety and security improvements.

The choice is yours. Only you, the voter, can decide what the future holds for Ferndale School District students. Approve this bond request and give our children the educational facilities and opportunities they need to become successful adults.

Bond Info

The State of Washington does not fund construction or major maintenance of public schools. To raise enough money for major capital construction projects, school districts must ask local voters to approve a capital bond. Local school levies, on the other hand, augment state funding and are used to support student programs. They were previously called…

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions Please click on the individual questions below to see the answers. If you don’t see your question, please email us at info@supportferndaleschools.com Bond Questions Why rerun the proposed bond only a few months after the November election? What’s the difference between this bond and the one put forward by the school district…

Bond Task Force

Beginning in October 2017, more than 85 community volunteers came together to form a Bond Task Force to address the fact that many of the school buildings in our District are aging, and in need of extensive repairs and equipment upgrades. For more than five months, the members of the Bond Task Force met as…