At their March meeting, members of the Facilities Planning Committee agreed to a set of recommendations to make to the district’s Board of Education based on decisions the group has made over the past six months of fact finding and discussion.
Among the recommendations include renovating and building an addition at Mountain View Campus to move all academic programming there.
The group is also recommending that the Board of Education, as it moves forward with a capital project, strives to find a balance between the scope of the project and the local tax impact.
The committee is trying to move forward with a facilities plan that addresses academic programming needs in order to get the project to a public vote by May 2026. The current plan does not include new or upgraded athletic facilities or transportation facilities, because the committee found that there was too much unknown about those two needs.
The full committee recommendations:
- The Committee recommends that the Thrall Dam site should not be considered as a site for any future facility needs, and further, no viable property options currently exist for a new school site;
- The Committee recommends new construction and renovations at the Mountain View Campus to accommodate the PK-12 academic program;
- The Committee recommends that Lake View Campus not be a permanent home for the transportation facility or the athletic fields;
- The Committee recommends further collaboration and partnership with Camp Dudley as the recommended location for athletic fields;
- The Committee recommends continuing to evaluate suitable properties for the construction of a new transportation facility;
- Further, after an extensive review of the potential financial implications that construction and renovation will have on the school community, the Committee recommends that all construction and renovations at the Mountain View Campus consider the Maximum Cost Allowance to maximize aidable expenses. Although the Committee understands that the Maximum Cost Allowance will be exceeded based on the scale of necessary renovations, the Committee recommends every effort to balance the scope of the project with local tax impact.
The Board of Education will review the recommendations at their meeting on April 10.
For all information on the committee’s work, go to boquetvalleycsd.org/facilities
