Inola Public Schools is asking voters to approve the largest bond proposal in district history. A nearly $60 million package aimed at addressing classroom space, technology needs and safety improvements.

Superintendent Jeff Unrau says the district hasn’t built a new campus in more than 30 years, and this plan represents both a catch-up effort and an investment in the future.

A new upper elementary campus

The proposal’s largest portion would fund a new upper elementary for grades 2 through 5.

The new campus would include a storm-safe PE facility, additional cafeteria space and a new kitchen to help shorten the lunch schedule, which currently stretches from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The project would also allow fifth graders to move off the middle school campus and rejoin younger students at

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