2024 Capital Project Overview
- $47.17M
- 68% reimbursement rate via state aid
- Tax levy increase of 0.85%
- Annual tax payment increase of $42.75/per $300K market value
If the capital project is approved, what will you see?
Van Antwerp Middle School
Continuing the middle-level reconfiguration by completing:
- Addition of 11 classrooms and support space by way of relocating district offices (DO relocation costs will come out of district general fund)
- Modernized, brightened cafeteria with expanded capacity for a greater number of students
- Dedicated music spaces for daily lessons/practice
- Upgraded library/media center
- Dedicated makerspace
- Redesign work that will lower the number of differing elevation points throughout the building (there are 27 currently)
- New bus loop and parent drop-off
Elementary School Facilities
Modernization and enhancement of communal spaces in each elementary school including:
- Cafeteria
- Modernizing and brightening lighting, flooring and fixtures
- Implementing air-conditioning
- Library/Media Center
- Upgrading lighting and flooring features
- Gymnasiums
- Installing new audio/video systems to streamline and increase technological capabilities for large group or school-wide events and presentations
- Playground equipment repairs and replacements
High School
Critical Infrastructure needs such as:
- Auditorium wall
- The exterior side is being permeated by water, must be replaced to avoid further moisture damage to the school/auditorium