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Bolivar-Richburg district proposes $11.25 million in capital improvements OLEAN TIMES HERALD 716-372-3121 • BRADFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
By JIM ECKSTROM
BOLIVAR — Residents in Bolivar-Richburg Central School District will vote Nov. 19 on extensive capital improvements — from new STEAM, music and locker rooms to athletic facility and bus garage upgrades — totaling more than $11.25 million. District Superintendent Michael Retzlaff said the project, several years in the planning, will not impact residents’ tax rate as the local share, $1,025,000, is set aside in a capital improvement fund. The district will bond more than $10 million needed to wholly finance the project, with the expectation that the state will reimburse the district for the bond payments. “The community will see a zero percent tax increase as a result of this project,” Retzlaff said, noting that several areas of “high need” were identified during the district’s five-year capital planning study. A public meeting in which district officials will detail the proposed project is slated for 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in the middle/high school Lecture Hall. The public vote on the project will be noon to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in Room 113 of the middle/high school.
File photo Bolivar-Richburg Central School District is proposing a capital improvement project of more than $11.25 million.
Some highlights of the project: • New STEAM classroom on the first floor of the middle/ high school. A space will be renovated to accommodate science, technology, engineering, arts and math learning, along with a computer lab. • All locker rooms will be renovated with
new locker and restroom layouts to provide more modern settings. • Existing music rooms will be renovated to add offices and soundinsulated practice rooms to each space. Each room will receive upgraded finishes, while new instrument storage space will be added. • A new concession stand will be built in the
loading dock area adjacent to the middle/high school gymnasium, providing a controlled-traffic area to and from the gym. Throughout the district’s building sites roof repairs are planned, while at the middle/high school the parking lot will be repaired, the loading dock will be upgraded and the football grandstand area will be improved.
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Also in the middle/ high school, there will be ventilation upgrades, new hallway lockers, restroom improvements, a rotunda column cover replacement, new backboards and HVAC upgrades in the gym, sound-system upgrades in the auditorium and home economics room See DISTRICT PROPOSAL on page 2...
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