The Highland School Board presented a budget amendment to their 2019-2020 school year budget at Monday’s meeting. This amendment is for a $3.7 million bond issue which includes various projects around the district, including: a new playground at the elementary, new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at the middle school and high school, an addition to the music room, and renovations to one of their locker rooms. The money for this bond issue came from their taxes. The structure of the school’s budget allowed them to add the debt to their taxes while simultaneously lowering their tax rate from $13.09 per $1000 assessed value to $13.06 per $1000. The board set a public hearing for this amendment for May 11th at 6 p.m. This meeting will be conducted online due to school districts being closed for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19.