With a kid in pre-school and one in 3rd grade, Brooke Stahle is voting yes to Mason Public Schools' bond proposal next Tuesday.
"If we have a more attractive school district, younger families will move here and buy those homes," she said. "And, the more people that come to Mason, means more money is spent in Mason and that's good for our whole community."
Plus, she expects to spend the next 12 years in the District and said the buildings are suffering, especially the elementary schools.
"It's tight. Andrew's class has 27 to 28 kids, which is a lot," Stahle said. "Drop off and pickup, the parking lot is a nightmare, it's a miracle that no one has been hurt there. There's just so much traffic and so much congestion."
If the bond passes, one of the first upgrades would be building a new school for 4th and 5th graders, moving them out of the elementary schools to help with the overcrowding.
"The buildings are built to have a capacity of 405 students and next year they'll all be over 485," said Ron Drzewicki, the Superintendent of Mason Public Schools.
Plus, he told Fox 47 News the District's security needs an upgrade and so does the decade-old technology.
He explained, "Too often when I go into classrooms, I see that buffer sign over and over and over. And, it's just not working for us and we need to improve the technology that our teachers use, our AV equipment, our projectors, our screens, and certainly do more additions of devices for our kids."
But, not every voter is behind the proposal. One man created a Facebook page and website to publicise his opinion.
He wouldn't speak with us on camera, but said he doesn't think voters have received enough data-driven information from the District, isn't happy they just have one plan and thinks building a whole new school is unnecessary.
A decision up to the voters on May 3rd.
A homeowner in Mason with a $100,000 home would be asked to pay $157 a year on top of the existing millage.
If passed, the Superintendent said the bond dollars will be used this summer to purchase a fleet of buses and begin technology upgrades.
There's also a one mil sinking fund renewal on the ballot for Mason. The District uses it for day-to-day improvements.
