The Fayette County

Board of Education will seek land to build two

new elementary schools this fall at a cost of

approximately $2 million, provided a proposed

sales tax is passed by the voters.

Construction of

each of the schools, both slated to begin next

spring, will cost $8.4 million. One will receive

$2.8 million in state capital outlay funds, with

a local share required of $5.6 million. The

second elementary would be funded locally.

Plans for a

proposed $95 million bond issue or sales tax also

include a new high school, a new middle school

and a variety of expansions and modifications of

existing schools.

Cost of the new

middle school is $13.6 million, minus $3.9

million in state funds, bringing the local share

to $9.6 million. Cost of the new high school is

estimated at $23 million, to be paid locally.

Additions planned

for Whitewater Middle School include energy

management renovations, facility modifications

and an expansion. Total cost of the package is

$2.1 million. Fayette Middle School is slated for

rewiring, relighting and some energy management

renovations.

Also modifications

are planned in the cafeteria, and an addition to

include a bandroom and 18 classrooms. Total cost

is $2.3 million. The state will provide $171,428;

local funds required are $2.1 million.

Booth Middle

Schools also is scheduled for rewiring,

relighting and some energy management

renovations. An addition and other modifications

bring the total to just over $4 million. State

funds are figured at $559,020 with required local

funds totaling $3.5 million.

Elementary

playground renovation is planned, totaling

$700,000 - $50,000 per school. Starr's Mill

High School would finish up the stadium project

with bleachers, concessions, restrooms and a

fieldhouse. Total cost is $1.2 million in local

funding.

Fayette County High

is scheduled for renovations on the stadium,

track and bleachers totaling $500,000 in local

funds.

McIntosh High

School improvements are significant. A physical

education facility, fieldhouse, bleachers and

press box are planned, along with renovations and

modifications totaling $11.1 million.

Sandy Creek High

School renovations would include a 350-seat

auditorium and fieldhouse totaling $2.4 million

in local funds. East Fayette Elementary School is

scheduled for rewiring, relighting and energy

management renovation plus additional

modifications totaling $1 million in local funds.

Brooks Elementary

is on the plan for rewiring, relighting and an

energy management renovation requiring $531,047

in local funds. North Fayette Elementary is

included for rewiring, relighting, and restrooms

totaling $694,426 minus $450,120 in capital

outlay funds, requiring a total of $244,306 in

local money.

Tyrone Elementary

School's renovations include rewiring and

relighting totaling $134,747 minus $119,790

bringing the local share to $14,957. Peachtree

City Elementary School needs rewiring, relighting

and energy management renovations totaling

$585,218 in local funds.

Fayetteville

Elementary School needs rewiring and energy

management renovations, plus a kitchen addition,

totaling $839,024 in local funds. Oak Grove

Elementary's renovations include rewiring,

relighting and energy management totaling

$604,322 in local funds. Huddleston Elementary's

renovations include rewiring, relighting and

restrooms plus a kitchen modification totaling

$1.2 million, minus $62,920 in state funds.

Burch Elementary

renovations are for energy management costing

$67,510 locally. Braelinn Elementary is also

scheduled for $67,510 in energy management

renovations.

Total costs for all

projects minus the state capital outlay funds is

$77.5 million. Add in $11.98 million in

technology requests and $1.7 million in security

equipment and the grand total comes to $91.1

million.

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