Quietly On the Radar - 8th Elementary School

You may have missed this one..it was discussed briefly at the May 23 school board meeting as an "infomational" item


Included in the May 16th meeting of the FTT Committee was an agenda entitled, "Planning for Elementary 8 Timeline".  The Situation Report included the following timeline.


Sept to Dec. 2011- - - - Review enrollment projections
                            - - - - Verify capacities of schools
                             - - - - Review if school still needed in 2015
2012 - - - - - - - - - - Evaluate and select site
March 2012 - - - - -School Board Policy approved on changing boundaries process
January 2013 - - - -Select Architect
March 2013 - - - - -Concept Design
November 2013 - - Referendum (TBD, not an election date in 2013)
December 2013 - -Select Contractor
February 2014- - - Final Design
March 2014 - - - - - Construction
Jan. – Feb. 2015- -School Board approves boundary change.
September 2015 – School Opens


RECOMMENDATION:
Management Team approves the following timeline of milestones for the 8th elementary school.


Hello!  See anything missing here?
Can anyone say, "Are there alternatives to building another school"?
And if we really need an 8th elementary school, are we stuck with the expensive blueprints used for Horizon and Creekside?
How about something more toned down?  How about establishing a maximum cost before we select an architect?
Could we (gasp) build something more conservative?
We WILL be actually bidding that out this time, won't we?

All good questions...