After a swearing in ceremony for board members Jo Alyce Harper, Mike Davis and Donnie Holland Thursday night, the Trigg County School Board discussed renovations to the Primary and Intermediate School.
The Trigg County School District is running out of classroom space. The mobile units added as preschool classrooms almost 20 years ago were supposed to be temporary.
A new primary school is the top priority of the Local Planning Commission. But the district can’t afford a project that large. The district still carries an outstanding bond issue for the refinanced middle school project, originally bonded in 1999. That project’s bond will expire in six years.
But problems with the existing facility will have to be faced, as pointed out by Superintendent Travis Hamby.
The board is requesting that the Local Planning Commission approve a two-story addition on the eastern side of the primary and intermediate school. The new space would include six preschool and two primary classrooms, for roughly 2.7 million dollars.
Alternate bids may be added to the project for a new roof on the existing primary and intermediate school, as well as a new heating and air system. Each of those projects is estimated at $700,000 and could be dropped if the final project cost is too high. According to Joe Nance with Ross, Sinclair Associates, the district can afford to bond approximately 5.5 million dollars.
If approved, the project won’t affect education funds, and it won’t require new taxes.
School districts are required to set aside part of their tax revenue for building projects and can use state funds designated for capital outlay. The district has also accumulated several offers of assistance from the School Facility Construction Commission, funds that must be used within eight years of the original offer.
Based on the board’s approval, Hamby will go ahead with a request for proposals from architectural firms, as the planning commission meets to discuss the project. The board hopes to move forward at its next meeting on Jan. 24. Even then, Hamby doesn’t expect to seek bids on the project until this fall.
The Trigg County School District is running out of classroom space. The mobile units added as preschool classrooms almost 20 years ago were supposed to be temporary.
A new primary school is the top priority of the Local Planning Commission. But the district can’t afford a project that large. The district still carries an outstanding bond issue for the refinanced middle school project, originally bonded in 1999. That project’s bond will expire in six years.
But problems with the existing facility will have to be faced, as pointed out by Superintendent Travis Hamby.
The board is requesting that the Local Planning Commission approve a two-story addition on the eastern side of the primary and intermediate school. The new space would include six preschool and two primary classrooms, for roughly 2.7 million dollars.
Alternate bids may be added to the project for a new roof on the existing primary and intermediate school, as well as a new heating and air system. Each of those projects is estimated at $700,000 and could be dropped if the final project cost is too high. According to Joe Nance with Ross, Sinclair Associates, the district can afford to bond approximately 5.5 million dollars.
If approved, the project won’t affect education funds, and it won’t require new taxes.
School districts are required to set aside part of their tax revenue for building projects and can use state funds designated for capital outlay. The district has also accumulated several offers of assistance from the School Facility Construction Commission, funds that must be used within eight years of the original offer.
Based on the board’s approval, Hamby will go ahead with a request for proposals from architectural firms, as the planning commission meets to discuss the project. The board hopes to move forward at its next meeting on Jan. 24. Even then, Hamby doesn’t expect to seek bids on the project until this fall.
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