happy sailor wrote:
The interest is not 10% of the bond, it is 10% per annum (year) of the amount of the bond is outstanding. For example if the bond was $1,000,000 in the first year there would be two (semi annual) payments of $50,000 each and the same each year thereafter until the bond is cashed out. So if their intent is to not pay the bond for ten years then there would be a total of 10 years of $100,000 interest ($1,000,000) and the school board would have to then pay the principal amount of $1,000,000 at the end of the 10th year.
Think of when you bond Government Savings Bonds with a 10% interest rate, your bonds made that 10% each year from the government until you redeemed it and when redeemed the government paid you the amount you purchased and the interest. Same thing here for the school board except they plan on paying the interest each year so it doesn't compound over the ten years and then paying interest on interest.
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Ah, I kind of get what you're saying. So, basically on the ballot there is no wording on exactly how long it would take to pay off the bond either?