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Construction Update
Eleven construction projects underway
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Construction Update, January 2010
As the new year begins, Lincoln High School will wind up massive renovations, Lincoln East High School will continue toward completion in the summer of 2010, and 11 construction projects will be underway or heading toward bids.
The 11 projects, totaling $82,080,000, are funded by four sources. According to Mark Shepard, Associate Superintendent for Business Affairs, funding sources include:
$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.
Of the 11 construction projects, Goodrich Middle School is the most extensive and will cost $14,000,000. Students and staff were relocated to Dawes Middle School to make way for major renovations including facility additions and renovations, as well as indoor air quality.
Nine of the construction projects are elementary schools:
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
In late 2009, the Lincoln Public Schools Board of Education approved use of Hawthorne Elementary School. Now referred to as the Hawthorne facility, the 1913 building will undergo indoor air quality updates, and renovations to accommodate Bryan Community, Student Services and Special Education.
More information, by site, is online: www.lps.org > Construction Update > In Progress.
