Parchment School District is a small public school system serving the community of Parchment, Michigan. With a history of voter-approved bonds and millages, the district has committed to facility upgrades, technology improvements, and enhanced learning environments over the past two decades.

Recent proposals — including the 2019 sinking fund and the 2025 bond request — aim to address building needs and modernization efforts. However, questions remain about how previous funds were allocated, what improvements were actually delivered, and how new millage requests align with past promises.

SinkingFund.us monitors these initiatives to help the public stay informed, ask better questions, and hold decision-makers accountable.

Parchment Sinking Fund 2020

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Parchment School District, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy

not to exceed 2 mills ($2.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2020 to 2024, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the construction or repair of school buildings, for school security

Parchment Bond 2007

Erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to, and remodeling, refurnishing and re-equipping Parchment High School; acquiring and installing educational technology improvements; and developing and improving athletic fields and facilities and the site.

Parchment Bond 2025

Parchment School District, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Thirty-

Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($36,400,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited

tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of:

remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping

school buildings, including for school security improvements; acquiring,

installing, equipping and re-equipping school buildings for instructional