April 17, 2025
Does the Board of Education support the Bond proposal? Yes - Our entire Board of Education has been involved in the process and are unified in their suppor...
April 15, 2025
Will special emphasis be placed on hiring local contractors and suppliers? Yes. Bid packages can be designed to assist local contractors with engagement in the bidding process ...
April 10, 2025
Will Bond dollars be used for staff salaries or other district expenses? No. By law, the district cannot use bond dollars for staff salaries or benefits. EJCS Bond Website ...
April 8, 2025
How would the Bond impact learning environments for teachers and students? This proposal will greatly improve the learning environment for our students and staff at all schools...
April 3, 2025
Why not use the district's operating budget to fund the needs listed in the Bond proposal? While it might seem straightforward to simply use a district's operating budget to f...
April 1, 2025
What security enhancements will be made? There will be updates to classroom and building security. The project aims to replace classroom doors, locksets and windows, which wil...
March 27, 2025
The Bond proposal is $12.34 million; will this take care of all the needs? This will take care of many of the needs that were identified during our District Needs Assessmen...
March 25, 2025
What is the long-term vision for the school district and its buildings? Our vision is to focus on creating a student-centered, equitable, and modern learning environment tha...
March 21, 2025
Congratulations to the February EJE Students of the Month.
March 20, 2025
Why is the Bond proposal important to our school district? In the State of Michigan, unlike surrounding states, school funding (State Aid) is to be used for educational needs ...
March 18, 2025
What are the key dates leading up to the election? March 27 is the first date absentee ballots are available. May 6, 2025, is in-person voting. EJCS Bond Website
March 13, 2025
What is the tax increase? Zero – The tax rate is currently at 7.0 mills and if the Bond is approved, the tax rate would stay the same for five years and then steadily drop fro...
March 12, 2025
Why Now? Our maintenance and custodial staff has done a great job maintaining our buildings using our operational budget, however, we cannot continue to fund large capital ...
March 11, 2025
On May 6, 2025 our community will have the opportunity to vote on a bond proposal. If approved, it would provide $12,340,000 for building & site improvements to address identifi...