Jefferson City High School Case Study

On the April 4th ballot in Jefferson City, Missouri, voters will make the decision to vote on Proposition J plus C as to whether the two-high school plan will be active or not.
Proposition J includes a $130 million dollar bond issue to build a second Jefferson City Public High School and restore the original Jefferson City High School, standing since 1963. Proposition J will also bring an increase to taxes by .65 cents. Proposition C will include a .45 cent increase on the tax levy which will be split: .25 to cover costs for the second high school and .20 to cover reviving costs for the original Jefferson City High School. (Sitter)
While many of the Jefferson City Public Schools are extremely over crowded, Jefferson City’s High School is in …show more content…
Jefferson City Board of Education has decided that the students on the West side of Jefferson City who currently are attending, or will attend Thomas Jefferson Middle School, will be sent to the new high school off of Highway 179. Students who are attending or will attend Lewis and Clark Middle School will be sent to the renovated high school on 609 Union Street. With the many renovations between the original Jefferson City High School and the hopefully brand new school, there should not be any issues as to the standards of which high school your child will attend as for both schools will undergo many changes to the best of their ability.
Many Jefferson City and surrounding area 9th graders attend Jefferson City’s Simonsen 9th Grade Center - which was originally established as only a temporary fix to the over-population in the Jefferson City High School which holds 3 other grades. Jefferson City High School currently is holding around 1,900 students and over weighing the limit by 40-50 every year for the past 15 years, while Simonsen 9th Grade Center is doing the