Board authorizes first phase of bond sales

The Board signed off on the Phase I projects from the 2003 bond referendum at its January 15 Board meeting. Sale of the bonds will occur in late March.

Assistant Superintendent Mark Hyatt outlined the guidelines used in selecting the projects for Phase 1. They were 1) address the highest priority of needs and 2) stay with the financial limitations defined during the referendum process, which was to issue $50 to $60 million of bonds per year.

Those projects, which total $56. 4 million, are as follows:

• Newman Smith High School—$23 million. This project will complete the second phase of the school’s renovation. Major areas that will be addressed are science classrooms, fine arts space and athletic facilities.
  
  
• Janie Stark Elementary School—$11.5 million. This project is a complete renovation of a building originally constructed in 1963. With eight temporary classrooms currently on site, additional classroom space will be built.
  
  
• June R. Thompson Elementary School—$9.5 million. This project is a complete renovation of a building originally constructed in 1974 as well as additional classroom space. The school currently uses seven temporary classrooms.
  
  
• Pre-Kindergarten Center—$4.4 million. The Pre-Kindergarten Center will move to the former United Methodist Church of Carrollton building after the facility is remodeled. The space will be larger than the current center and will accommodate more students. The site of the current Pre-Kindergarten Center will be used for a new elementary school.
  
  
• Technology Projects—$7.0 million. The first phase of technology projects will include classroom presentation equipment as well as maintaining the current level of computer technology and the district wide area network (WAN), and upgrading telephone systems.
  
  
• Miscellaneous & Land—$1.0 million. These funds will address any site or campus issues that may arise during the construction projects.

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