Why didnt we foresee this growth and build more in the 1998 bond issue?
While the Andover school district has been growing for a number of years, recent growth is unprecedented. Andover is the second fastest growing school district in the State of Kansas. Building new schools in 1998 to house growth that would occur in 2005 would not have been a wise use of dollars and would have left several buildings empty or nearly empty until additional growth occurred. The district grew 3 percent a year prior to the 1998 bond issue and has grown 6 to 8 percent a year since then.
