DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A new committee, “YES for Dubuque Schools,” is working to raise support for a $70-million bond referendum planned to be on the ballot this November.

In 2023, a $150 million bond referendum vote narrowly failed in Dubuque. The bond, if passed, would’ve consolidated the middle schools from three to two, and one of those would be a new school on the site of Washington Middle School. It would have also funded the purchase of land for a potential future elementary school and added air conditioning to schools that don’t have it.

“YES for Dubuque Schools” says revenue from the new $70-million bond proposal would be combined with $51.9 million from the one-cent sales tax fund (SAVE) to build a brand-new middle school on the Washington middle school site, providing enha

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