Board considers $96.5 mil in school renovations

The board considered the package at its Wednesday meeting and will vote on it in January. If approved, the package would go to voters April 4 as a proposed 18-cent increase in the district’s debt service levy, which currently stands at 33 cents.

The plan includes projects suggested by a citizens long-range planning committee, a citizen survey and district administrators.

The $96.5 million generated would fund:

• Air conditioning for 18 of the remaining 35 district sites without air conditioning;

• Remodeling and additions to Weaver, Weller and Gray elementary schools;

• A new elementary school in the southwest part of the district;

• Replacement or significant renovation of Cherokee Middle School;

• The addition of eight classrooms at Wilson’s Creek 5-6 School;

• New and remodeled science and technology labs at Kickapoo, Glendale and Hillcrest high schools; and

• Continued renovation of Parkview High School.

Additional projects will be considered in a long-range plan that the district is developing.