Lincoln Public Schools

Saturday November 21, 2009 · 28° and fair in Lincoln

Construction Update

LPS construction projects continue

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Construction Update, November 2009

As the first 28 construction projects wind up … 11 schools are in progress.  Within the next three months, both Lincoln East High School and Lincoln High School (LHS) renovations will be completed.  In progress are one middle level and 10 elementary schools.

Audiences in Lincoln are waiting for the unveiling of the newly designed auditorium at East and the updated, preserved auditorium at LHS.

The East renovation will add:
•    A black box theatre
•    Two dressing rooms adjacent to the stage
•    A drama room adjacent to the stage
•    A music room adjacent to the stage

The LHS auditorium and theatre program share an illustrious history.  Over the years, audiences have enjoyed performances by students who later came to national prominence, including Dick Cavett, Sandy Dennis and Ted Sorenson, for whom the new auditorium will be named.

According to Mark Shepard, Associate Superintendent for Business Affairs, funding for the 11 construction projects in progress was put together from four sources:
$11,500,000 in savings from the original 2006 bond election.
$11,550,000 from the building fund.
$21,030,000 from combined bond investment income and proceeds.
$38,000,000 from the Qualified Capital Purposes Undertaking Fund* that allows school districts to levy up to 5.2 cents to fund projects through the current budget OR issue bonds and fund the payments of interest and principal not to exceed 10 years.

*QCPUF projects must meet one or more criteria including eliminating barriers, environmental hazards or mold – modifying life safety code violations, or indoor air quality.

TOTAL: $82,080,000

Of the current construction projects, Goodrich Middle School is the most extensive.  Over the summer, students and staff relocated to Dawes Middle School to make way for major renovations including facility additions and renovations, as well as indoor air quality.

The elementary schools in progress are:
Campbell Elementary School: Building addition
Fredstrom Elementary School: Building addition, Indoor air quality, Renovation
Hill Elementary School: Building addition, Indoor air quality, Renovation
Kahoa Elementary School: Building addition, Indoor air quality, Renovation
Lakeview Elementary School: Indoor air quality, Renovation
Morley Elementary School: Building addition, Indoor air quality, Renovation
Pyrtle Elementary School: Indoor air quality, Renovation
Rousseau Elementary School: Indoor air quality, Renovation
Zeman Elementary School: Building addition, Indoor air quality, Renovation
Hawthorne Facility: Indoor air quality, Renovation

More information, by site, is online: www.lps.org > Construction Update > In Progress.