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Today, our podcast will be short and sweet as we cover the School District expansion project.
On January 11th school board meeting, RTA architects shared project plans as well as preliminary costs for the Crested Butte Community School, Gunnison High School Gunnison Community Schoo, Lake School and a district stadium. The entire project comes in at a tune of $98mm and change.
As many of us are well aware, there is a strong need for expansion at the Crested Butte Community school. Enrollment is increasing at the rate of 24 students per year over the previous 10 years. Thre are currently 800 students enrolled and the capacity is only 750. There was a modular placed in hte 2020/2021 school year and there have also been students that enrolled in the Pathways 100% online learning program due to Covid-19. This has helped balance the number of students in-house, but only temporarily.
The Crested Butte Community School facility design is estimate to cost approximate half of the total budget, approximately $48mm. This will allow an increase of just a little over 1,000 students and is meant to cover the next 10-years of student expansion for all grade levels.
So, where will the funds come from? The school board will gather community feedback on the concept designs and whether to put together a bond proposal. It is undetermined if this bond proposal will be on this year's November ballot or on the 2022 ballot.
If you would like to see a visual of the proposed facilities, you can visit the link in the podcast show notes. As well, the website includes a QR code so you can experience a 3D view of the new school spaces.
For further information on any of the topics, you can click on the links to the Crested Butte News. As always, if you are considering purchasing or selling your home in this beautiful valley give me a call. Stay safe out there folks, this is your local realtor, Heather Connor, signing off on the local news.
https://rtaarchitects.com/gwsd-facilities-digital-open-house.
