From the Ground Up: Clever School District bond projects

Owner: Clever School District
General contractor: Snyder Construction Group LLC
Architect: Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective
Engineers: Own Inc., civil; Coleman Engineering, structural; and Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 30,800 square feet
Cost: $8.6 million
Funding source: April 2024 bond
Estimated completion: February 2026
Project description: A bond approved by Clever R-V School District voters in April 2024 is funding renovations and additions to its “elemiddle” school, which serves elementary and middle school students, and its high school. For the school, a 19,000-square-foot addition will offer more classrooms along with band and music rooms, a weight room and support spaces, and its renovations will offer secure vestibules and classroom additions and updates. The high school is getting a 7,800-square-foot single-story classroom addition with an additional 4,000-square-foot weight room, plus renovations to existing classrooms. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reports 1,273 students in the district, a 13.5% increase in a decade.