District to seek state matches for school repairs

The Lebanon School Board opened discussion last week about seeking a bond that could leverage matching state funds to complete maintenance projects throughout the district’s 11 buildings.

According to the Oregon Department of Education’s website, the state will match local bonds up to $4 million on a one-to-one basis.

“The way it works is it’s a bond match that’s designed for communities like Lebanon to kind of entice local communities to support local school bonds…