Bond 2016

Bond 2016 Projects Design to Help District Handle Growth

The Olathe Public Schools has grown in enrollment every year since it was unified in 1965 and that growth is expected to continue. With nearly 30,000 students, the Olathe Public Schools is the largest district in the Kansas City metropolitan area and is the second largest district in the state of Kansas.

District staff regularly monitor enrollment, looking for trends and large areas of growth. One area that staff have been watching closely is growth in the northwest portion of the district. Mission Trail Middle School currently has 800 students and is expected to grow by nearly 300 more students in the next five years and continue to grow in a building that is already near capacity. Within the next 10 years, Mission Trail is expected to increase to nearly 1,400 students. Prairie Trail Middle School has about 850 students and will grow by approximately 130 in the next five years.

The proposed Bond 2016 projects include the land and construction of an additional middle school and money to renovate Millcreek Learning Center to accommodate growth at the Prairie Learning Center.

For more information about Bond 2016, visit www.olatheschools.com/bond2016.