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CROSSVILLE Schools in Cumberland County have a long list of needs and wants when it comes to facility maintenance, upkeep and expansion. But as principals shared needs at individual schools with the facilities task force of the Cumberland County Board of Education last week, many were saying how thankful they were for what they did have.

"After listening to some of the others schools, I don't feel I should complain," said Pleasant Hill Principal Mary Ann Kotus. "We are in good shape, room wise, with the new addition and are just blessed."

Facility needs ranged from roof replacements to new playground equipment; from cameras and keypads to improve safety to replacing mortar between bricks; from new classroom wings to an auditorium at Cumberland County High School.

Individual school needs are:

Brown Elementary would like awnings over entryways and some sidewalks as well as a digital sign. All are considered capital outlay projects.

At Crab Orchard Elementary, discussions have been ongoing for a new classroom wing and new gymnasium to alleviate overcrowding and use of portable classrooms. The gymnasium is not handicap accessible and the playing area is small in size. Principal Becky Farley also said there is a need for a parking area and there continues to be confusion on if the access to the school is a driveway owned by the school system or a road owned by the county.

"We still don't know who owns the road, so I don't know that I have the authority to say who can and can't come through there," Farley said. In the afternoons, the street is made a one-way street to allow for bus traffic and parent pick-up, though Farley said it is not uncommon for motorists to ignore those signs.

Under maintenance issues, Farley said one playground was removed this past year due to age.

Her school is also experiencing leaks in the roof.

At CCHS, Principal Jon Hall said an auditorium had long been on a list of planned projects. In fact, an auditorium was part of the original school plans. It had also been proposed as part of the building program when Stone Memorial High School was constructed but was removed due to cost of the total project.

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The $24 million renovation and expansion of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk is not only the most ambitious in its history, but its director says new energy efficiencies could carve as much as a third from its massive utility bill.

Director Bill Hennessey said the museum's antiquated heating and cooling system was replaced during its yearlong overhaul with modern, centrally controlled chillers and air handlers, and every one of its 3,000 incandescent light bulbs was switched out, half of them replaced with energy-saving LEDs. The upgrades could cut its annual $600,000 utility bill by as much as $200,000.

"It was part of our overall package and the museum's commitment to do the right thing for the environment and also for our operating budget," Hennessey said Monday.

The Chrysler plans to reopen Saturday with new exhibits and additional gallery space, its caf and catering kitchen relocated behind the museum store and a main entrance made accessible to those using wheelchairs or walkers.

Museum officials have said the main priority of their renovation was to add about 10,000 square feet of gallery space, but energy efficiency was another alluring benefit.

Valuable displays are demanding when it comes to climate control, preferring temperature and humidity at constant, moderate levels year-round.

"Works of art don't like change," Hennessey said.

Their new system is built to deliver a constant 70 degrees F and 50 percent relative humidity, which he calls a "good compromise" among various types of art.

The museum's big AC chillers in the attic were 35 years old, Hennessey said, but their smaller, modern replacements should deliver a 25 percent energy savings.

And when the rest of the museum's 3,000 light bulbs are finally replaced with LEDs, he said they hope for similar savings there.

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VOL. 129 | NO. 93 | Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Shelby County Commissioners approved Monday, May 12, an immediate infusion of $52.1 million in capital funding for Shelby County Schools and the six suburban school systems.

The compromise resolution worked out with leaders of the suburban school systems includes $4.8 million in capital projects at five of the six suburban school systems. It also keeps the $47.3 million in capital projects for Shelby County Schools a majority on the commission recommended in committee sessions last week. The Shelby County Schools list includes a new roof for Millington Central High School which is in the sixth of the six suburban school systems.

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell had proposed $16.9 million in capital funding for Shelby County Schools, a proposal the commission rejected in committee.

The dollar total of the resolution approved Monday is more than the $50 million cap Luttrell and his administration had suggested spending on schools capital needs out of a total of $75 million in capital funding for all of county government. The larger amount for all capital funding is part of county governments debt policy.

But county Chief Administrative Officer Harvey Kennedy told commissioners and schools officials Monday that the administration could work with the $52.1 million amount approved and adjust the rest of the capital spending accordingly.

Shelby County government has not provided any capital funding for schools in the current fiscal year and the year before because of the historic transition of public education in Shelby County from two school systems to one merged school district and, starting with the new school year in August, seven public school systems within the county.

But $55 million in capital funding for schools was set aside by county government.

And commissioners were surprised to learn that the $5 million they approved in March for the last piece of public financing of the Crosstown redevelopment project came from the $55 million set aside for schools capital needs. Several said Monday they would have voted against the Crosstown funding had they known. Other commissioners argued that there had been no call for schools capital funding in March.

Shelby County Schools leaders wanted the capital funding before the end of the current fiscal year to avoid having to split such funding with the suburban school systems proportionately based on average daily attendance for each school system.

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Wednesday May 7, 2014 10:43 AM

This summer will be ex-tremely busy for the Dublin City School District.

Our staff will be conducting summer school, working on building improvement projects, and preparing for the 2014-15 school year.

Advanced credit courses will be offered in a blended learning model utilizing the Dublin Technology Center this summer.

This means students will have some initial face-to-face time with an instructor, but will spend the majority of their time completing the course in an electronic format.

These courses were developed, and will be taught, by Dublin City Schools teachers.

Examples of some of the course offerings include: English IV, Chinese I, Physical Science, Health, Economics, Government, Algebra 1 and Environmental Science.

A complete list of available courses is available on the District's web site. You can download the summer school brochure at http://www.dublinschools.net/summerschool.aspx.

Elementary staff have developed an online resource for students at https://elementarysummerschool.wiki.dublinschools.net/.

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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is recommending the county direct about $41.3 million more than he originally proposed toward school construction projects.

The extra funds would produce a total of more than $1.5 billion for Montgomery County Public Schools capital improvement program for fiscal years 2015 through 2020, compared to Leggetts original proposal in January of about $1.1 billion.

Leggetts recommendation to increase county funding for the school system follows unsuccessful efforts in the General Assembly to give Montgomery $20 million more a year in state funding for school construction projects.

School board President Philip Kauffman said Monday the extra money Leggett is recommending would help the school system somewhat, but still leaves a significant funding gap.

There still will be significant delays to projects across the county, he said.

Before Leggett released his recommendation, the County Councils Education Committee approved Monday a plan aimed at addressing the roughly $230 million gap between the school systems request for capital funds and Leggetts original proposal.

Council President Craig L. Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said the recommended funding which come from school impact tax revenue might alter that plan.

Were right now in feverish meetings to see what in fact this means for us, Rice said Tuesday.

Under the plan the council committee approved, the school system would cut about $170 million over the six-year period through one-year delays to all projects including additions, revitalization and expansion projects that dont have construction funds in fiscal 2015.

Larry Bowers, the county school systems chief operating officer, said the plan wouldnt delay any project that is either already under way or going to get under way in fiscal 2015.

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By Suzanne Baker sbaker@stmedianetwork.com April 24, 2014 8:17PM

Students enter the main door at Longwood Elementary School in Naperville. The Indian Prairie School Board is wrestling with a consultant's estimate that it will cost $3.2 million over the next 20 years for general upkeep of the school because Longwood is only one of 33 schools in the district. | Suzanne Baker ~ Sun-Times Media

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Indian Prairie School District 204 Board members initially appeared a bit shell-shocked after finding out it could cost the district $176 million over the next two decades for needed school maintenance work.

Board members are wrestling with the cost of fixing district facilities against the cost of reducing class sizes, providing air conditioning, and other issues facing the district.

District 204, which experienced a building boom in the 1990s, now is looking at the cost of general facility repairs or replacements at the schools that are turning around 20 years old.

To help the district determine the urgency of the repairs, the district hired consultant EMG Inc. to perform a facility assessment of the districts 33 schools and administration building.

Jay Strang, assistant superintendent for business, said setting aside money for maintenance has not been a priority in recent years.

We have deferred maintenance over the last four to five years to deal with the difficult economic times, and we are running into a situation where some of our bigger systems our roofing systems, our HVAC systems need some attention and that will be a priority, Strang said.

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Repairs and other improvements estimated to cost $3.6 million will be made to Oswego School District buildings and facilities later this year.

School district board members authorized school administrators Monday evening to seek bids for the work on 13 projects estimated to cost just over $3.6 million.

The 13 items were culled by Superintendent Dr. Matthew Wendt from a list of 17 items prepared by school officials earlier this month and presented to board members at their March 31 board meeting.

The original list was prioritized in March by members of the Citizens Advisory Facility and Planning Committee and presented to the board for discussion.

Wendt said he and other staff members reviewed the committee recommendations and made some changes so they could lower the cost and have the most needed repairs done.

The original list included repairs, upgrades and replacements in schools, buildings, and other areas in the district estimated at $7.8 million by Mike Barr, director of facility construction and development; Bill Baumann, director of operations; and Pat Dacy, assistant director of facility construction and development. They conducted an evaluation of all property in the district, which was submitted to the committee for review and recommendation.

The three toured each building and met with the administrators and building engineers at each school, to survey their conditions.

They also received assistance from engineers, architects, and contractors in preparing a list of major needs and concerns for each building.

The 13 projects left on the final list that the district will seek bids for include replacing the chiller at The Wheatlands Elementary School, 2290 Barrington Drive West, Aurora. This unit provides chilled water to the HVAC systems throughout the building and is a backup to the existing boiler chiller. The cost is estimated to be $625,000, and would take 10 weeks to complete.

The chiller at Fox Chase Elementary School at 260 Fox Chase Drive North, Oswego, will be replaced with a high efficiency oil-free centrifugal chiller at a cost of $450,000. It will take 10 weeks to complete.

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