Rochester Hills, Michigan

Independent owner's representation for Michigan school bond programs.

Stoner Advisory Group sits on the district's side of the table, and only the district's side, from the first planning meeting through final reconciliation against your general ledger. Owner's representation is never billed by the hour, and never handed to a junior.

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Years in public facilities
30+
Programs overseen
$750M+
Public clients
9

01 What we do

Three phases. One advocate. Enter where you stand.

Each phase is a separate, severable engagement. Hire us for one, two, or all three. Nobody bundles you into anything.

Phase 1 · Before your election

Pre-Ballot Reality Check & Planning

Facility priorities and an independent budget reality-check, delivery-method options, and factual community information support, funded from the general fund. Never contingent on the election outcome.

Phase 2 · After your election

Delivery Method Strategy & RFP Development

How the program gets delivered, and who delivers it: delivery-method strategy plus architect and construction-manager RFPs the board can defend. Available standalone for districts without a construction team.

Phase 3 · Program execution

Owner's Representation

Single point of accountability across architect, construction manager, and contractors. Budget, schedule, and contingency oversight with board-ready monthly reporting; site quality walks through punch list, closeout, and final reconciliation.

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02 Why districts choose SAG

Built for the district's side of the table

  • Principal-led, always. You work directly with the firm's principal and partners, available on every call and in every board meeting, with 35 years of combined school district experience. Every site walk is performed personally by our principal, John Stoner.
  • Independent by design. We do not design and we do not build, so our only interest is protecting the district's budget.
  • One kind of client. School bond, millage, and sinking-fund programs are the entire practice, not a service line inside a diversified consultancy. Your program never competes for our attention with an office park.
  • Insider's view of districts. John spent decades inside Michigan school operations before founding the firm, so we plan around school calendars, occupied buildings, and board approval cycles. We've lived them.
Tile crews building a new school natatorium
Trenton natatorium · 2018 bond program

03 Selected experience

Michigan programs, at every scale

Aerial view of the completed Crusader softball field at L'Anse Creuse High School North
Photo: L'Anse Creuse Public Schools
Current engagement2025 – present

L'Anse Creuse Public Schools

2024 bond program across 20 buildings

$188.7MEst. program

Roofing and envelope, HVAC and controls, technology infrastructure, safety and security systems, paving and site work across nine elementary, four middle, two high, and five support buildings.

  • CM: Barton Malow Builders
  • 2026 roof replacement package bid at $6.96M, under its $7.0M budget after value engineering
Completed multi-purpose room addition at Pattengill Elementary in Berkley district colors
Photo: Berkley School District
Current engagement2024 – present

Berkley School District

Bond Series I & II plus pull-ahead sinking fund

$99MProgram

Additions at four elementary schools, a new field house and athletic fields, high school pool renovation, auditorium renovations, a new black box addition, new electrical switchgear, science room renovations, and district-wide roofing across ten sites.

  • Bond & sinking fund · 10 sites
  • Joint Tyler Park project with the City of Oak Park
Renovated Pontiac High School auditorium with new seating and lighting
Photo: School District of the City of Pontiac
Completed engagement2021 – 2025

School District of the City of Pontiac

Bond and sinking fund program, run to final reconciliation

$123MProgram

High school and middle school renovation, the Whitmer Resource Center, outdoor athletics, theater, parking, science labs, and a teen health center. Closed out with John personally running final punch and reconciliation.

  • CM: Barton Malow
  • Architect: Integrated Design Solutions
The completed Trenton competition natatorium with starting blocks and tiered seating
Photography: McCarthy & Smith / Chris Lark Photography
Completed engagement2018 – 2021

Trenton Public Schools

Full bond program, from architect and CM selection to closeout

$80MBond

New athletic complex, track and field, concession stand, new pool, middle school renovation, two elementary additions, maintenance facility, and technology upgrades across five sites.

  • CM: McCarthy Smith · Architect: French & Associates

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Talk through your bond program

A 30-minute conversation with our principal and partners: where your program stands and what an owner’s representative would do for it.

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