From the Lockport US&J...
Royalton-Hartland School District is getting a face-lift.
Residents passed an $8.3 million capital building project by a 329-174 vote Thursday. Aside from maintenance and repairs to all three schools in the district, the project will provide an addition that will house an Orleans/Niagara BOCES program in the elementary school.
“We are very pleased that the community supported the project,” said Superintendent Paul Bona. “And a great thank you to our community.”
The project includes upgrades to the high school science and art rooms, new generators and regular maintenance items to Roy-Hart Elementary, Middle and High Schools.
The facilities project will be done in two phases. The first is the BOCES addition, maintenance and improvements to be made to the elementary school. The second phase is maintenance and improvements to the middle and high schools.
Bona said the district will immediately draw up plans and specifications. The plans for the project have to be approved by the state education department, which would take about 12 to 14 weeks.
“We hope to break ground in the summer,” he said.
To help speed things along, each phase will be sent separately to the state education department. That way, the district can begin work on the first phase as the second is being approved. Both phases have to be approved by the state by June 30 in order for the district to receive state EXCEL building aid.
The reason for the addition is that BOCES needed a place for its elementary students, and housing them there would bring some financial advantage to the school district. The $8.3 million project won’t cost residents anything, because of the BOCES and EXCEL aid. BOCES will pay the construction, equipment and utilities costs and would use their own people as staff. If they use Roy-Hart staff, they would pay for them, too. The BOCES students would be contained in the 10-classroom wing. A separate entrance to the addition would be built on Emerson Place, which borders the school.
Royalton-Hartland School District is getting a face-lift.
Residents passed an $8.3 million capital building project by a 329-174 vote Thursday. Aside from maintenance and repairs to all three schools in the district, the project will provide an addition that will house an Orleans/Niagara BOCES program in the elementary school.
“We are very pleased that the community supported the project,” said Superintendent Paul Bona. “And a great thank you to our community.”
The project includes upgrades to the high school science and art rooms, new generators and regular maintenance items to Roy-Hart Elementary, Middle and High Schools.
The facilities project will be done in two phases. The first is the BOCES addition, maintenance and improvements to be made to the elementary school. The second phase is maintenance and improvements to the middle and high schools.
Bona said the district will immediately draw up plans and specifications. The plans for the project have to be approved by the state education department, which would take about 12 to 14 weeks.
“We hope to break ground in the summer,” he said.
To help speed things along, each phase will be sent separately to the state education department. That way, the district can begin work on the first phase as the second is being approved. Both phases have to be approved by the state by June 30 in order for the district to receive state EXCEL building aid.
The reason for the addition is that BOCES needed a place for its elementary students, and housing them there would bring some financial advantage to the school district. The $8.3 million project won’t cost residents anything, because of the BOCES and EXCEL aid. BOCES will pay the construction, equipment and utilities costs and would use their own people as staff. If they use Roy-Hart staff, they would pay for them, too. The BOCES students would be contained in the 10-classroom wing. A separate entrance to the addition would be built on Emerson Place, which borders the school.
