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Schools: $38,483,307 facilities needs set for public hearing

Local Planning Committee (LPC) approves plan outlining needs to bring Adair County facilities up to standards. School board, in (record?) 3 minute session approves plan, sets hearing at 7pmCT, with tour of Level 5 (State's most urgent rating) Col. William Casey School to precede meeting, at CWC, 222 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Action on plan expected at 7pmCT, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 regular meeting of the Adair County School Board, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY. Timetable orchestrated to meet deadlines for consideration of funding at higher level by State
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By Ed Waggener

In a relatively brief meeting of the Adair County Schools Local Planning Committee meeting yesterday, Monday, March 28, 2011, the LPC unanimously recommended the adoption of a $38, 473,307 facilities plan which includes the highest priority on a 600 student Pre-school/Kindergarten/First Grade school to replace Colonel William Casey Elementary School. The new structure, which is estimated to cost $13,360,347 by the board's architects, is the biggest project on the list.

The LPC, chaired by Terry Partin, also recommended a time and date for a required public hearing.



Following the action, which was concluded in approximately 30 minutes at 6:30pmCT, the Adair County Board of Education met at 7:30pmCT, and quickly approved the plan, the hearing date and location, and the new configuration for the schools. In his motion, to adopt the LPC's recommendation's, Board Member Mike Harris (5) also recommended - and the four members present approved - appointing Adair County Superintendent to chair the hearing. Harris' motion drew a second from Floyd Burton (4). In a show of hands vote called for by Chair Marsha Walker (2), the motion was approved unanimously, with all members present, including Joseph Payne (3) raising hands in favor. Board member Rebecca Turner (1) was not present. The new configuration plan calls for:
  • A Pre-School/Kindergarten/First Grade facility, the replacement for Colonel William Casey School
  • A Grades 2-3-4 School: Adair County Elementary School
  • A Grades 5 and 6 School: John Adair Intermediate School
  • A Grades 7 and 8 School: Adair County Middle School
  • A Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 School: Adair County High School
The new configuration will allow all children in the same grade level to attend the same school.

Principal Patty Jones, whose Colonel William Casey School is most affected by the plans, spoke strongly in favor of the revised configuration, which was re-affirmed in the final recommendation.

Long range instructional facilities needs include the following:
A new 65,736 s.f. PS/K/1 Elementary School, with a capacity of 600 students, on a new site to be determined. Estimated cost: $13,160.347. This school would replace the second oldest classroom structure on the campus, Col. Wm. Casey elementary.

Major renovations to John Adair Intermediate School. The 49,184 s.f. building, the third oldest classroom building, located at 202 Gen. John Adair DR, needs extensive renovation, totalling $6,021,302. Also recommended: A new gymnasium, a media center outlet, and and a Site Based Council Meeting Room at the school.

KERA Strands new additions.Including Preschool SBDM meeting area, Family Resource and final technology systems

At Adair County Middle School: The oldest instructional building on the campus, a 57,460 s.f. building, major renovations needed at a cost of $4,624,892.

Salvageable area of Colonel William Casey to be renovated to accommodate District Technology Center, the Adult Education Center, and Alternative School. $4,363,174.

Raymond Lacy Music Building 5,084 s.f. Renovation costing $690,940.

Adair County High School 128,452 s.f. The second newest instructional facility would get renovation and new construction to include a New Auditorium, New Band Room, Vocal Room, and three new standard classrooms. The plan also includes provision for KERA strands new additions including district wide "White Boards," computerized interactive teaching equipment.
Management support areas addressed in the plan:
Central Bus Garage with three bay bus capacity, a 4,800 s.f. structure, to be constructed at an estimated cost of $1,087,784.

Central Storage building, 5,000 s.f. to be built at a cost of $751,14.

Central Office Renovations, for 7,158 s.f. administration building at 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY, at a cost of $794,043.
Discretionary Construction Projects in plan
Athletics: New soccer field, new baseball field.

Col. Wm. Casey: Construct new 2,000 s.f administration and entry addition, at cost of $551,622.

Adair County Middle School: Two special education restrooms ($215,599); one computer lab ($258,718); one SBDM program Allowance 4,500 s.f. ($1,293,592); 1 meda center addition ($265,905); one kitchen addition ($143,732); one cafeteria addition ($57,493); one SBDM conference room ($227,544); and one family resource center, ($82,743).

John Adair Intermediate School
Construct Administration Suite ($137,905); and construct one family resource center ($81,162).
Chairman Partin thanked the members of the LPC for their extraordinary efforts. They include Darrell Treece, Nikki Breeding, Tammy Hardin, Tonya Loy, Ambder Bledsoe, Donna Shirley, Cindy Smith, Jane Branham, Robbie Harmon, Patty Jones, Alma Rich, Ricky Bault, David Jones, Darrell Overstreet, (Terry Partin), Bryan Walker, Mike Harris, Sue Stivers, Sammy Hughes, and Mary Beth Spears.

Superintendent Treece stressed that the plan outilines needs. Funding is yet to be solved.

The timetable outlined calls for a well-advertised (public notice posted on ColumbiaMagazine.com last night) public hearing at Col. Wm. Casey School at 7pmCT, Thursday, April 14, 2011, with tour of CWC to precede at 6pmCT; board approval on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, and delivery of necessary documents and tapes to State Board of Education by June 30, 2011.

When this is done, Superintendent Treece said, Adair County's capital needs would be increased from the $29 million presently on record in Frankfort to the new $38 million plus figure just approved. This, he said, will mean that when state funding is allocated, Adair County's will have a higher basis, and therefore a higher percentage of scarce State Capital resources in the next funding cycles.


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Local planning committee March 29, 2011



2011-03-29 - 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
Last minute study, conferences were taking place last evening before the start of the Adair County School District Local Planning Committee meeting, Monday, March 28, 2011. At left on stage member Nikki Breeding pores over handout; at the conference table, clockwise Adair County Elementary School Principal Robbie Harmon confers with Adair County Student Transportation Coordinator David Jones; LPC member Darrell Overstreet chats with Colonel William Casey Principal Patty Jones; and, at right, LPC member Brian Walker studies minutes and handout notes. The meeting was chaired by Terry Partin. Recommendations of the committee, including the construction of a new Pre-School/Kindergarten/First Grade school to replace the Level 5 (states worst rating, Colonel Wm. Casey, at an estimated cost of $13,160.347, were approved later in the evening by the Adair County Board of Education.

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