WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) - Watford City residents are deciding whether to build a high school that could cost up to $50 million.
The vote was being held Tuesday in the western North Dakota oil patch city where the public school enrollment has doubled since 2010. Superintendent Steve Holen says temporary fixes are no longer enough.
The bond measure is for $27 million. About $23 million would come from other sources. The 162,000-square-foot building would be able to house 800 students.
The bonds would be paid off through property tax increases. Holen says taxes would increase about $94 per year for a $100,000 home and about $43 per year for one quarter of land in the school district.
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