WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION, HOWARD COUNTY, INDIANA, TO ISSUE ONE OR MORE SERIES OF PROPOSED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND/OR ENTER INTO A PROPOSED LEASE OR LEASES OF FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED 2028-2030 DISTRICT-WIDE FACILITIES RENOVATION/REPAIR/UPGRADE AND EQUIPPING PROJECT

Owners of real property, and registered voters residing, in the Western School Corporation, Howard County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), hereby are given notice that the Board of School Trustees of the School Corporation (the “Board”) preliminarily has determined, at its meeting held on December 16, 2025, that (I) a need exists for certain equipment acquisition and/or installation projects at, and/or renovation, repair and/or update projects to, all or any of the existing facilities and sites operated by the School Corporation not completed as part of the 2024-2026 District-Wide Buildings and Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipment and Site Improvement Project, approved by the Board on January 2, 2024, or the proposed 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project approved by the Board in a separate resolution on December 16, 2025, including, but not limited to, all or any portion of (a) certain equipment acquisition and/or installation projects at, and/or renovation, repair and/or update projects to, the existing Western Primary School and Western Intermediate School, including all or any portion of (i) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing roof, (ii) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing sidewalks and curbs, (iii) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing building masonry, soffits and/or fascia, (iv) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any of the exterior entrances, windows and skylights, (v) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any of the interior wood doors, door frames and related hardware, (vi) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of the heating and air conditioning system, (vii) upgrading and/or replacement of all or any of the old electrical panels, receptacles and circuits, (viii) replacement and/or repair of insulation throughout the building, and (ix) other interior renovations throughout the building, (b) certain equipment acquisition and/or installation projects at, and/or renovation, repair and/or update projects to, the existing Western Middle School, including all or any portion of (i) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing roof, (ii) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing building masonry, soffits and/or fascia, (iii) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any of the exterior windows and doors, (iv) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of EIFS, (v) upgrading and/or replacement of all or any of the old electrical panels, receptacles and circuits, (vi) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of the heating and air conditioning system, and (vii) other interior renovations throughout the building, (c) certain equipment acquisition and/or installation projects at, and/or renovation, repair and/or update projects to, the existing Western High School, including all or any portion of (i) replacement, restoration and/or repair of all or any portion of the existing building masonry, soffits and/or fascia, (ii) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any exterior entrances, (iii) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any of the interior wood doors, door frames and related hardware, (iv) upgrading and/or replacement of all or any of the old electrical panels, receptacles and circuits, (v) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of the auditorium house and stage lights, (vi) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of the heating and air conditioning system, (vii) replacement, renovation and/or upgrading of all or any portion of the building’s restroom and locker room facilities, (viii) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of the building’s casework and display board, and (ix) other interior renovations throughout the building, (d) replacement, repair and/or upgrading of all or any portion of any of the existing extra-curricular/co-curricular/physical education facilities or buildings, (e) replacement, repair, restoration and/or upgrade of all or any portion of any of the existing parking lots and/or interior roads, (f) land acquisition and other miscellaneous equipment acquisition and/or installation projects and/or facility or site improvement or renovation projects at one or more buildings or sites operated by the School Corporation, and (g) all projects related to any of the foregoing (clauses (a) through and including (g), collectively, the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project”); and (II) to the extent permitted by law to take all of the necessary steps to finance all or a portion of the costs of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project by issuing one or more series of proposed general obligation bonds (the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds”) and/or entering into a proposed lease or leases or amendment or amendments to one or more existing leases (collectively, the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases”) between one or more local nonprofit school building corporations, as lessor (collectively, the “Building Corporation”), and the School Corporation, as lessee, relating to all or any portion of the school facilities operated by the School Corporation. The Building Corporation, as lessor, will issue one or more series of first mortgage bonds secured by and payable from the lease payments under the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases (the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds”).  The total maximum original aggregate principal amount of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds (collectively, the “Bonds”) will not exceed $14,220,000, or such greater amount in the case of the issuance of any first mortgage bonds all or a portion of which will be used to refund all or any portion of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds.

The maximum term for each series of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds will not exceed twenty (20) years, and each of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases with respect to each facility subject to a 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Lease or 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases at the time of the issuance of each series of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds will have a maximum term not to exceed twenty-two (22) years, beginning on the date each such 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Lease or addendum thereto is recorded by the School Corporation in connection with the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project.  Based on the estimated interest rates that will be paid in connection with the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds not anticipated to exceed seven percent (7.00%) per annum, the total interest cost associated therewith will not exceed $10,800,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), not taking into account any funds of the School Corporation or the Building Corporation being available for capitalized interest.  The maximum annual principal and interest to be paid on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds plus the maximum annual lease rental to be paid by the School Corporation under the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases is $3,500,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), and the maximum total principal and interest to be paid on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds plus the maximum total lease rental to be paid by the School Corporation over the term of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases is $25,020,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), not taking into account any funds of the School Corporation or the Building Corporation available for capitalized interest.  The School Corporation’s certified total debt service fund tax levy for 2024 pay 2025 (which is the most recent certified tax levy) is $4,801,765, and the School Corporation’s certified total debt service fund tax rate for 2024 pay 2025 (which is the most recent certified tax rate) is $0.5955 per $100 of assessed value.  The School Corporation’s estimated total debt service fund tax levy for 2025 pay 2026 is $5,076,500, and the School Corporation’s estimated total debt service fund tax rate for 2025 pay 2026 (which is based on the anticipated net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2025 pay 2026 of $806,341,722) is $0.5695 per $100 of assessed value.  The estimated total maximum debt service fund tax levy for the School Corporation and the estimated total maximum debt service fund tax rate for the School Corporation after the issuance of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds are anticipated to occur no earlier than 2029 pay 2030 and will be $5,076,500 and $0.5695 per $100 of assessed value (based on the assumption that the net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2029 pay 2030 is the same as the net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2025 pay 2026), respectively, as a result of the payment of the debt service on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the lease rentals under the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases, and is currently expected to remain at or below these levels through 2039 pay 2040.  The percent of the School Corporation’s current annual debt service/lease payments and projected maximum annual debt service/lease payments after the issuance of the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is approximately seventy-four one-hundredths of one percent (0.74%).  The percent of the School Corporation’s outstanding long-term debt, together with the outstanding long-term debt of other taxing units that include any of the territory of the School Corporation, compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is approximately seven and one one-hundredth of one percent (7.01%).  

Petitions requesting the application of the petition and remonstrance question process to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project may be filed with the Howard County Voter Registration Office within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice in the manner provided by Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.1, as amended, and any such petitions must specifically reference that they are being filed in connection with the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project set forth in this notice.

Owners of real property, and registered voters residing, in the School Corporation should be aware that (A) on December 16, 2025, the Board adopted a separate preliminary determination resolution approving all of the necessary steps to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds (the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds”) and/or enter into a lease or leases or amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases with the Building Corporation for all or any portion of the facilities operated or to be operated by the School Corporation, pursuant to which the Building Corporation will issue one or more series of first mortgage bonds (the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds”) (the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds, collectively, the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds”) to finance all or any portion of certain renovation and miscellaneous facility improvement, equipping and land improvement and/or acquisition projects throughout the geographical boundaries of the School Corporation, as described more fully in such resolution (collectively, the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project”), and (B) notice of the adoption of such preliminary determination resolution has been published on the date hereof.

Filing the above-referenced petition requesting the application of a petition-remonstrance process to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project will not serve as a request of the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the leases related to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project and lease rental payments, all as described in the notice related thereto.  Furthermore, filing a petition requesting the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the leases related to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project and lease rental payments, all as described in the notice related thereto, will not serve as a request of the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project.

Dated: December 18, 2025

WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION
HOWARD COUNTY, INDIANA
By: Mark DuBois Superintendent

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION, HOWARD COUNTY, INDIANA, TO ISSUE ONE OR MORE SERIES OF PROPOSED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND/OR ENTER INTO A PROPOSED LEASE OR LEASES OF FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED 2026 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES RENOVATION/UPDATE AND EQUIPPING PROJECT

Owners of real property, and registered voters residing, in the Western School Corporation, Howard County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), hereby are given notice that the Board of School Trustees of the School Corporation (the “Board”) preliminarily has determined, at its meeting held on December 16, 2025, that (I) a need exists for certain equipment acquisition and/or installation projects at, and/or renovation, repair and/or update projects to, all or any of the existing facilities and sites operated by the School Corporation, including, but not limited to, all or any portion of (a) renovation, update and remodel of all or any portion of the interior and exterior of the existing Western Intermediate School and its related outdoor improvements and facilities, (b) upgrade of one or more of the existing outdoor physical education/extra-curricular/co-curricular improvements, including, but not limited to, the installation of artificial turf on the existing high school football field and the upgrade of the existing high school track, (c) repair, replacement and/or upgrade of all or any portion of the heating and air conditioning system at the existing Western High School, (d) replacement, repair, restoration and/or upgrade of all or any portion of any of the existing parking lots and/or interior roads, (e) land acquisition and other miscellaneous equipment acquisition and/or installation projects and/or facility or site improvement or renovation projects at one or more buildings or sites operated by the School Corporation, and (f) all projects related to any of the foregoing (clauses (a) through and including (f), collectively, the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project”); and (II) to the extent permitted by law to take all of the necessary steps to finance all or a portion of the costs of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project by issuing one or more series of proposed general obligation bonds (the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds”) and/or entering into a proposed lease or leases or amendment or amendments to one or more existing leases (collectively, the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases”) between one or more local nonprofit school building corporations, as lessor (collectively, the “Building Corporation”), and the School Corporation, as lessee, relating to all or any portion of the school facilities operated by the School Corporation. The Building Corporation, as lessor, will issue one or more series of first mortgage bonds secured by and payable from the lease payments under the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases (the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds”).  The total maximum original aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds (collectively, the “2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds”) will not exceed $8,000,000, or such greater amount in the case of the issuance of any first mortgage bonds all or a portion of which will be used to refund all or any portion of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds.

The maximum term for each series of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds will not exceed twenty (20) years, and each of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases with respect to each facility subject to a 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Lease or 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases at the time of the issuance of each series of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds will have a maximum term not to exceed twenty-two (22) years, beginning on the date each such 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Lease or addendum thereto is recorded by the School Corporation in connection with the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project.  Based on the estimated interest rates that will be paid in connection with the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds not anticipated to exceed seven percent (7,00%) per annum, the total interest cost associated therewith will not exceed $5,995,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), not taking into account any funds of the School Corporation or the Building Corporation being available for capitalized interest.  The maximum annual principal and interest to be paid on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds plus the maximum annual lease rental to be paid by the School Corporation under the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases is $2,900,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), and the maximum total principal and interest to be paid on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds plus the maximum total lease rental to be paid by the School Corporation over the term of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases is $13,995,000 (which amount is net of any funds received by the School Corporation or the Building Corporation from the United States of America as a result of any or all of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds being issued under one or more federal tax credit programs), not taking into account any funds of the School Corporation or the Building Corporation available for capitalized interest.  The School Corporation’s certified total debt service fund tax levy for 2024 pay 2025 (which is the most recent certified tax levy) is $4,801,765, and the School Corporation’s certified total debt service fund tax rate for 2024 pay 2025 (which is the most recent certified tax rate) is $0.5955 per $100 of assessed value.  The School Corporation’s estimated total debt service fund tax levy for 2025 pay 2026 is $5,076,500, and the School Corporation’s estimated total debt service fund tax rate for 2025 pay 2026 (which is based on the anticipated net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2025 pay 2026 of $806,341,722) is $0.5695 per $100 of assessed value.  The estimated total maximum debt service fund tax levy for the School Corporation and the estimated total maximum debt service fund tax rate for the School Corporation after the issuance of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds are anticipated to occur no earlier than 2026 pay 2027 and will be $5,076,500 and $0.5695 per $100 of assessed value (based on the assumption that the net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2026 pay 2027 is the same as the net assessed value of the School Corporation for 2025 pay 2026), respectively, as a result of the payment of the debt service on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the lease rentals under the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases described herein, and is currently expected to remain at or below these levels through 2036 pay 2037.  The percent of the School Corporation’s current annual debt service/lease payments and projected maximum annual debt service/lease payments after the issuance of the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is approximately seventy-four one-hundredths of one percent (0.74%).  The percent of the School Corporation’s outstanding long-term debt, together with the outstanding long-term debt of other taxing units that include any of the territory of the School Corporation, compared to the net assessed value of taxable property within the School Corporation is approximately seven and one one-hundredth of one percent (7.01%).  

Petitions requesting the application of the petition and remonstrance question process to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project may be filed with the Howard County Voter Registration Office within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice in the manner provided by Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.1, as amended, and any such petitions must specifically reference that they are being filed in connection with the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project set forth in this notice.

Owners of real property, and registered voters residing, in the School Corporation should be aware that (A) on December 16, 2025, the Board adopted a separate preliminary determination resolution approving all of the necessary steps to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds (the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds”) and/or enter into a lease or leases or amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases with the Building Corporation for all or any portion of the facilities operated or to be operated by the School Corporation, pursuant to which the Building Corporation will issue one or more series of first mortgage bonds (the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds”) (the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project General Obligation Bonds and the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project First Mortgage Bonds, collectively, the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds”) to finance all or any portion of certain renovation and miscellaneous facility improvement, equipping and land improvement and/or acquisition projects throughout the geographical boundaries of the School Corporation, as described more fully in such resolution (collectively, the “2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project”), and (B) notice of the adoption of such preliminary determination resolution has been published on the date hereof.

Filing the above-referenced petition requesting the application of a petition-remonstrance process to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project will not serve as a request of the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the leases related to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project and lease rental payments, all as described in the notice related thereto.  Furthermore, filing a petition requesting the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the leases related to the 2028-2030 District-Wide Facilities Renovation/Repair/Upgrade and Equipping Project and lease rental payments, all as described in the notice related thereto, will not serve as a request of the application of a petition-remonstrance process on the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Bonds and/or the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project Leases related to the 2026 Intermediate School and Outdoor Facilities Renovation/Update and Equipping Project.

Dated: December 18, 2025

WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION
HOWARD COUNTY, INDIANA
By: Mark DuBois Superintendent