New Gym At Galena To Be Determined By Voters

Galena School District voters next month will decide the fate of a $14.2 million general obligation bond that could help the district renovate its high school. Early voting begins today for the March 19 Illinois general primary election. Voters will nominate candidates for federal, state and county-level offices who will be officially elected in November. Also on the primary ballot will be a bond measure for Galena School District, which, if approved, would fund construction of a 66,000-square-foot addition between the newly-renovated Galena Elementary & Middle School and Galena High School. Close to 22,000 square feet of existing space on the western portion of the high school would be renovated, while the original 1957 high school on the east side of the building would be deconstructed to make way for an updated gymnasium.