Question #1
In 2014, our community supported two operational referenda. Next year, the funding from those referenda will end. In order to maintain current programs and services, the District will need to secure approval of another operational referendum. If the community supports renewal of the operational referendum, the District will be able to:
- Maintain school class size
- Continue offering college/AP/elective courses
- Continue investing in curriculum and textbook updates
- Maintain student and staff access to current technology
- Attract and retain staff
The District is proposing a $1,200,000 referendum for each of the next five years (for a total of $6 million). This amount would maintain current programs and services as listed above.
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Question #2
The Need | JC McKenna Middle School
A comprehensive facility review of JC McKenna Middle School conducted in 2017 identified a list of safety, security, infrastructure and building system needs, as well as educational deficiencies.
Key findings of the report include:
- Major building system components (plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems) are past their service life.
- Classroom floors, lighting, ceilings, and cabinetry are in need of replacement.
- The building exterior needs updating.
- Air supply to most rooms does not meet current code requirements.
- Sections of the building are poorly insulated.
- The building requires updates to be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Portions of the school (completed in 2001), including the kitchen, cafeteria and library are in good shape.
- Potential remodeling options are limited due to the large number of load-bearing walls.
The school has educational needs including a lack of flexible learning and collaboration spaces. The band and choir rooms are too small with poor sound treatment and isolation from adjacent spaces. The school also lacks adequate gym space.
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The Solution | New Middle School
Based on the building’s condition as well as an assessment of educational inadequacies, the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) concluded that renovating JC McKenna Middle School would not be cost effective.
Survey respondents agreed with the CAC as 57% of all resident respondents stated they would support a plan to demolish the majority of the middle school, reuse portions, and build new school sections.
The following plan garnered the most support:
2001 cafeteria / library section of school to remain.
- Addition would include:
- Secure entrance
- 2-story classroom wing
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classrooms and labs
- Physical education space including a gym, fitness center, and locker rooms
- Band, choir, and art
- Would provide separate bus and parent drop-off/ pick-up areas
Construction would be phased to allow students to remain in the existing middle school while construction is completed.
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The Need | Grove Campus
Safety & Security
- Add/renovate secure entry to require visitors to be routed through an updated office
- Extend Third Street to improve traffic flow and safety, including creating a dedicated bus drop-off/pick-up lane
- Additional building improvements including replace public address and emergency exit lighting systems and enhance the fire alarm system with the addition of smoke detectors
- Building Infrastructure
- Replace heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, and electrical system components that have exceeded their useful life
- Replace some existing lighting with energy efficient LED fixtures
- Repair or replace portions of the exterior building envelope including masonry, exterior doors, and fascia, replace single-pane windows with thermally broken windows, and replace remaining portions of roof
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The Solution | Grove Campus
Site improvements would include:
- Extension of S. 3rd Street to connect to Fair Street with dedicated bus drop-off/pick-up area
- With buses on extended 3rd Street, parent drop-off/ pick-up could utilize the entire existing south loop
- Southwest parking lot improved/expanded to create safer entry/exit and more defined parking and traffic flow
- Addition and/or renovation to provide secure entrances at Levi Leonard and Theodore Robinson.
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The Need & Solution | Evansville High School
Roof Replacement:
-Begin replacing roof sections as the high school was constructed in 2002; therefore, they are nearing the end of their useful life.
Tech Ed/STEM Improvements:
There is a growing demand for skilled professionals in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The District’s Technical Education and STEM classrooms are limiting program expansion. To provide our students with more opportunities, the District proposes the following solution.
Additions and renovations will expand access to hands-on shop spaces for instruction of:
-Metals, welding and power
-Transportation and autos
-Manufacturing
Renovations will provide:
-Classroom space for student instruction, design and computer work
-Fabrication lab with equipment such as 3D printers, laser engravers, etc. for use by all students and teachers
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