The Columbia Falls School District will ask voters to approve a bond to pay for a high school renovation and addition, focused on enhancing the school’s career and technical learning offerings and bringing all the school’s spaces under one roof.

Voters will be asked whether or not to approve an $84.8 million bond for a 25-year term. For a home with a taxable value of $300,000, the bond is estimated to cost $216.79 in the first year.

“That’s a big number, but I think that number gives us everything we need to extend the life of that building, to extend the size that we need to house a thousand kids, enhance some programs,” Columbia Falls Superintendent Cory Dziowgo said. “It touches every content area in (Principal Josh) Gibbs’ high school, and really fills it out to a nice, updated learn

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