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Bond update: Cherokee bid comes in under budget
June 18, 2007
Flintco’s construction bid for Cherokee Middle School came in nearly $600,000 below the original $12 million estimate. With school board approval of the bid on June 12, construction will begin this summer on the two-year project.
Cherokee is among 24 district schools to benefit from voter-approval in April 2006 of an 18-cent increase in the district’s debt service levy. The increase will raise $96.5 million to address air conditioning needs, overcrowding, school repairs and renovations and upgrades at three high school science and technology labs.
The addition of eight new classrooms at Wilson’s Creek 5-6 School is nearly complete. The projected $1.25 million project is expected to come in $365,000 under budget. Renovations and building additions at Weller Elementary School are nearly half complete. That project should be done by October or November.
For details and illustrations on these and other bond projects, click “Bond Projects” on the left side of this page and follow the links.