The Facilities Committee is searching for property within the school district that might work for athletic fields and a bus garage.
The property would need to be buildable and a minimum of 20 acres. Anyone who has property that they think might work should send information about it to Superintendent Josh Meyer at [email protected].
The committee is currently looking at options to renovate Mountain View Campus in Elizabethtown to include space for elementary school programming. That would move all educational programming to one site, which would consolidate operational costs in the long run. Committee members have reviewed other available properties that could fit a new school building, but none of the sites have been viable options.
They are looking at two options for renovations at MVC, one that is a full upgrade that would bring the building to like-new functionality, and another that would do the bare minimum to bring the building up to code plus add the space needed to bring elementary programs into the building. The committee is leaning toward finding a compromise between the two options to present as a recommendation to the district’s Board of Education.
With moving all educational programs to the Elizabethtown site, the district would still need to find a place for sports fields and a bus garage. The committee is working with real estate professionals to identify potential properties that may work, but committee members also wanted to put out a public call for anyone who might own a space that would be a workable contender.
The committee explored the idea of using the Lake View Campus in Westport as a space for transportation and athletic needs. They found that it would cost too much, since the structures on site would need to be demolished before any fields or transpiration buildings could be installed.
At the committee’s next meeting, members plan to look at cost models, consider potential properties for the sports fields and transportation, look at parking counts at MVC, and check to see if the district has any updates from the state Education Department.
For more information on the committee’s work including meeting notes and recordings, go to boquetvalleycsd.org/facilities.
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