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The Banks School District will again pursue a school construction bond. Banks School District leaders may lack money, but they’re certainly not short on persistence.

Banks Superintendent Jim Foster announced Tuesday the district’s intent to pursue a school construction bond in November — the district’s fourth such attempt since 2008.

Foster said district officials will host a community meeting July 30 to recruit supporters and hopefully get voters’ opinions on what made them reject three straight bond attempts.

“We want to pursue a bond, and we want their input on how to get it passed,” Foster said.

The meeting, titled “Community Summit: What’s Next for our School?” will be at 8:30 a.m. in the Banks Junior High School gymnasium.

The district’s last bond attempt, a $10.5 million ask in May, failed by a narrow margin.

Two previous efforts to secure much larger bonds failed in 2008 and again in November.

Foster said district officials have no choice but to continue appealing to voters for financial help. The junior high school is in severe disrepair, and the district has no money to fix the problems, he said.

The Banks School Board must vote upon how much money they’ll seek this time, but Foster said the board will likely pursue a near-identical amount to the May bond proposal.

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