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LAKE PEND OREILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S FACILITIES LEVY PROPOSAL. To provide every student an education that is academically rigorous, personally enriching and socially responsible. Needs addressed by this facilities levy.
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LAKE PEND OREILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S FACILITIES LEVY PROPOSAL To provide every student an education that is academically rigorous, personally enriching and socially responsible.
Needs addressed by this facilities levy • Relieving overcrowding by finishing construction of Kootenai Elementary, where the most growth is occurring • Reducing heating costs by installing energy efficient boilers/heating systems and controls • Improving student safety by adding buses and more vehicle maintenance • Acquiring needed technology infrastructure lacking at all schools • Upgrading food service equipment to meet unfunded federal mandates and regulations
Lake Pend Oreille School Buildings Need Serious Help • No major renovations have been done since 1991 and most buildings need repair • The last successful bond election was in 1953. • All school buildings need repair. • Many facilities are out of compliance or below standards • The construction and improvements funded by a SPFL will cost far less today than if we put it off for the future.
How this recommendation was developed • Facilities committee was formed early in 2005 • Technical research was used to evaluate facilities • Subcommittees addressed growth, long term maintenance plans, and logistics • Community survey conducted • Current plan evolved from Board action.
Long-Range, Mid-Range, Short-Range Plan • Immediate Plan – 1-2 years –Kootenai Elementary, buses, technology, other capital improvements • Mid Range Plan – 3-6 years – SHS, SMS, LPO, buses, technology, other capital improvements • Long Range Plan – 7-12 years – Clark Fork, Farmin Stidwell, Hope, Northside, Sagle, Southside, Washington, buses, technology, other capital improvements
SPFL Two –Year TOTALS $12,576,567 How the dollars will be spent. FY2007 FY2008 Total KOOTENAI SCHOOL $ 3,996,573 $ 5,075,893 $ 9,072,466 TECHNOLOGY $ 286,986 $ 263,360 $ 550,346 SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORT $ 1,018,984 $ 105,814 $1,124,798 FLEET VEHICLES $ 131,040 $ 78,520 $ 209,560 CHILD NUTRITION $ 294,000 $ 114,000 $ 408,000 BUILDING SYSTEMS $ 560,700 $ 650,696 $1,211,396
Accountability • Citizens’ Oversight Committee • Responsible for monitoring the school plant facility levy in the area of: • Project sequence • Project time line • Project budgets and expenditures • Building design
Financial Responsibility PROJECTED RATE FOR THIS SPFL IS .00126 OR A PROJECTED COST OF $126/PER YEAR FOR A TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATION OF $100,000 $252/PER YEAR FOR A TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATION OF $200,000 $378/PER YEAR FOR A TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATION OF $300,000
Construction Draw Schedule Based on a September 5, 2006 Election Date Occupy Kootenai School in September, 2008
Construction Draw Schedule Based on an After September 8, 2006 Election Date and a 5.5% construction inflation projection. Occupy Kootenai School in September, 2009 A taxpayer savings of $499,000
78% of those surveyed favored finishing construction of Kootenai Elementary School
PORTABLES – NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION THERE HAS BEEN A SCHOOL ON THIS SITE SINCE 1910
All heat systems need updates Most need automation
Purchasing new buses is not only cost effective, it is safer for our students
Some of the district’s school kitchens fall short of Federal standards and by law must be brought up to code.
