![]() ![]() General school upgrades and special projects, $13.5 million.Ībatement and site utilities, $9.5 million.ĪDA compliance and site circulation safety, $4.4 million. Heating/ventilation/cooling, $15 million. School security and safety, $12.5 million. Binford ($9.5 million), Sierra Vista ($13 million), Valle Vista ($11.5 million) and Whittier ($13.6 million) elementaries, McKinley ($14.7 million), Taylor ($14.8 million) and Truman ($18.6 million) middle and Highland High ($27.9 million) are scheduled for classroom block construction.ĭesert Ridge Middle ($13.4 million) is scheduled for a classroom addition, and Corrales Elementary ($6.3 million) for the first phase of a renovation/refurbishment project that also will include a new gym, cafeteria and playgrounds.Ĭonstruction contingencies/portable classrooms/property acquisition, $27.9 million. A complete list with costs for individual projects is at aps.edu.Īrroyo del Oso ($27 million) and Zia ($18.4 million) elementaries are scheduled for replacement construction, as are the first of three phases to rebuild Harrison ($30.3 million) and Van Buren ($30.3 million) middle schools and the first two of five phases to rebuild Eldorado High ($33.6 million, the PE/gym wing).īarcelona ($10.7 million), Hubert Humphrey ($21.9 million), La Mesa ($16.6 million), M.A. So let's look at what APS students and employees will get for $630 million. Bottom line: The more than 80,000 students in the district still deserve decent classrooms and up-to-date materials. To the argument that enrollment is down and so these projects are not needed, the administration emphasized the loss is spread across the district, not at a few schools that some sites could indeed be repurposed for charter or other uses and that the district is right-sizing buildings as it rebuilds and remodels. It also ignores that the district has a $7 billion backlog of infrastructure needs that will only continue to get more pressing as time goes on. And so it is essential to address the argument that the district is getting hundreds of millions in federal relief dollars and so does not need this revenue stream that rationale ignores that much of the federal money is required to go to mitigate the learning loss from the pandemic (as well as a small portion to infrastructure dealing with public safety, such as ventilation upgrades). While the Editorial Board has been critical of many APS administration decisions, we are united with district leaders in wanting high-quality education for our students - and that includes high-quality schools. Know that all of APS' ongoing planning, design and construction accounts for 70% of commercial construction in the metro area, according to APS Board of Education President David Peercy, keeping many of our families, friends and neighbors employed as we improve our kids' schools. Throwing in utility upgrades that save on bills and lower the district's effects on the environment make perfect sense as well. ![]()
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