School millages and bonds are the focus of several upcoming May elections across the Thumb area.
In Sanilac County, the Croswell-Lexington Community School District is seeking new funding for remodeling and improving the district’s school buildings, sites, facilities and technology via a new bonding proposal. The bonding proposal, to be voted on during the May 5 Consolidated election, is being asked of voters in the city of Croswell and the Sanilac County townships of Buel, Evergreen, Fremont, Greenleaf, Lamotte, Lexington, Sanilac, Speaker, Washington and Worth. St. Clair County’s townships of Burtchville, Grant and Greenwood are also being asked to vote on the measure. Croswell- Lexington Schools are seeking to borrow up to $37,100,000, with the plan to issue general obligation/unlimited tax bonds to pay for the planned work. Also to be covered by the asked-for money are plans to equip the school building, facilities and sites with safety and security upgrades, as well as plans to complete roofing and HVAC work. The proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.
In Huron County, Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools is looking to create a sinking fund via a 1.10 mill-millage, as levied for ten years, from 2026 to 2035. Being asked to approve the millage are Huron County Townships of Fairhaven and Sebewaing, as well as Tuscola County’s townships of Wisner, Columbia and Akron. The sinking fund would be used for the purchase of real estate sites and construction of school buildings, as well as for improvements in school security, technology, transportation, and building maintenance. Should the millage be approved, the school district will receive an estimated $392,000 in the first year levied.
Tuscola County’s Cass City Schools is also seeking approval for a new $10 million bond from the voters of Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac counties. The bond affects voters in Huron County’s townships of Grant and Sheridan, Sanilac County townships of Lamotte, Evergreen and Greenleaf, and Tuscola County’s townships of Almer, Columbia, Elkland, Ellington, Elmwood, Kingston, Novesta, and Wells. The bond would be used to pay for construction and furnishing costs of adding additions to the school buildings, equipping and upgrading costs of school safety and technology, the costs for improving the schools’ athletic fields and playgrounds, and for buying school buses.
Some voters in Lapeer and Tuscola counties will be asked to consider a millage proposal by Mayville Community Schools, as they seek to levy a 16.1589 mill for six years for operating purposes. The Lapeer County townships of Burlington and Rich, as well as Tuscola County townships of Dayton, Fremont, Watertown and Vassar, are asked to approve the measure, which will see a little over $1.1 million levied in the first year.
St. Clair County voters will be headed to the polls on May 5th for a Yale Public Schools bond proposal, with the district asking to borrow a sum not to exceed $32,000,000 (Thirty-Two Million Dollars) to build and equip a new performance and training building, remodel an existing building and improve school properties like playgrounds, parking areas and driveways. The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2026 is 1.40 mills, with the maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, being 17 years. The measure is being asked of voters in the city of Yale and St. Clair County’s townships of Brockway, Clyde, Wales, Emmett, Riley, Fremont, Grant, Greenwood, Kenockee, Lynn, and Speaker.
