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Capital plan to include facility for services
Published September 18, 2003
The Marshall County Board of Education approved its five-year capital outlay plan, which had to be submitted to the state Department of Education Tuesday.
The plan gives a long-range outlook at building renovations and projects the board plans to tackle within five years. The plan is subject to change depending on need and funding.
Projects for the current year include construction of an elevator at Boaz High School, update and repair of the sewage lagoon at Union Grove Elementary, construction of a gym, band, choral, home economics and art facilities as well as three classrooms and re-roofing at DAR High School, re-roofing Corley Elementary in Boaz and construction of a ball field and track at Brindlee Mountain Middle School.
The 2007 funding year has a project new to the capital plan but one that should “alleviate some problems,” said Kirkland. The project is to construct a resource center on property located behind the central office. The resource center is expected to be the home of such programs as the Even Start program and is expected to serve as a professional development learning center.
The Even Start program is currently located at Boaz Elementary School, a move which had some elementary school parents upset to see an “adult program” located at an elementary school. The program changed locations, however, due to outgrowing its space at Boaz High School, its former location. (See related story.)
One project for the 2003 year which is new to the board’s capital outlay plan is the construction of a girls softball field at Boaz High School. The project is expected to cost $75,000. Superintendent of Education Dr. Barry Kirkland said currently the school has had to make arrangements to use the city’s facilities, but conflicts sometimes prohibit that, posing a need for the school to have its own field.
“Of course, the city of Boaz is looking into the possibility of going to a city school system. If they do, we can go back to the drawing board and amend the plan,” Kirkland said.
“If they didn’t, is there a possibility we could move some of these projects up?” said board member James Watkins, a question to which Kirkland said “yes.”
The 2004 year shows the board building a new high school on Brindlee Mountain. The cost of the school is expected to be $8,000,000. Douglas High School is on the plan to receive renovations to the stadium facilities and replacing the bleachers, at a cost of $500,000. Other projects during 2004 include replacing the roof on the gymnasium at Union Grove Elementary and renovating the gym and replacing the roof at Grassy Elementary.
In 2005, the construction of six classrooms at Douglas High School is expected to begin but is not expected to be completed until 2006. The cost of the project is projected at $520,000. Classrooms and a library will be a main focus for the Douglas schools during the 2005 year. Robert D. Sloman Primary School in Douglas is slated to have six classrooms constructed at a cost of $520,000. Douglas Elementary is slated to have the pod building renovated from classrooms to a library at a cost of $75,000.
Other projects for the 2005 funding year are replacing sub-standard gym dressing rooms and replacing the roof on the lunchroom at Claysville Jr. High School.
Replacing the visitor bleachers at the football field at Boaz High school is on the schedule for the 2006 funding year. The construction of a new concession stand will also be a part of the $400,000 project.
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