NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS   In accordance with 62 O.S. 2021, § 354, notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Independent School District Number 18 of Washington County, Oklahoma, will receive bids by: sealed bid, facsimile bid, electronic (Parity®) bid or similar secure electronic bid on the 23rd day of March, 2026, at 11:30 o'clock a.m., at the Caney Valley School Board Room, Administration Office, Caney Valley Public Schools, 620 Wyandotte Ave, Ramona, Oklahoma, for the sale of $3,035,000 of General Obligation Combined Purpose Bonds of said School District, which Bonds will mature $500,000 annually in two (2) years from their date, and $500,000 annually each year thereafter until paid, except that the last installment shall be for $535,000. The bids will be opened and read and shall be awarded at the first Board of Education meeting held after the bids are due.   Said Bonds shall be sold to the bidder bidding the lowest rate of interest the Bonds shall bear and agreeing to pay par and accrued interest for the Bonds. Each bidder shall submit with his bid a sum in cash, cashier’s or certified check, electronic (wire) transfer or surety bond payable to the Treasurer of the District, equal to two (2%) percent of the amount of his bid. The Board reserves the right to reject all bids.   WITNESS my official hand and seal this 2nd day of March, 2026.   Louise Virden Clerk, Board of Education (SCHOOL DISTRICT SEAL)