KALISPELL — Kalispell School District officials held a special celebration Thursday morning at Glacier High School to celebrate the successful payoff of a 20-year, $37.3 million bond for construction of the school.

“Just a lot of gratitude for the decision our community made 20 years ago,” said Kalispell School District Superintendent Matt Jensen.

In the fall of 2004, Kalispell voters approved a bond that ended up totaling $37.3 million to build a new high school for the Kalispell School District. Now, 20 years later, that bond is officially paid off for Glacier High School.

“When you pass a bond, it has a 20-year term and you’re making payments just similar to a mortgage; you’re making payments for 20 years, and we’ve hit 20 years, so the mortgage is paid, it’s done, it comes off of th

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