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Board approves RossTarrant Architects for Henderson County High School interior renovations
Summary
The board approved RossTarrant Architects and an owner-architect agreement for multiple interior projects at Henderson County High School, including a new culinary unit, shifting the industrial maintenance program and a proposed student strength-training center.
The Henderson County Board of Education unanimously approved hiring RossTarrant Architects and signed an owner'architect agreement for a series of interior renovation projects at Henderson County High School.
Superintendent Dr. Bob Lawson explained the scope to the board: the district plans to repurpose an existing lab into a new culinary unit, relocate the industrial maintenance program toward the manufacturing and automotive area, and convert the vacated space into a strength-training center for students. "We're gonna repurpose what is now one of our labs, then move our industrial maintenance program ... and then the lab used to be then will become our culinary, new culinary unit," Lawson said. He added the district was "pretty excited to have that advance our career and technical education department again."
Board members first approved the selection of RossTarrant through a previously issued request for proposals. The board then approved an owner'architect agreement with RossTarrant to design the projects and oversee next steps.
Why it matters: The renovations are intended to expand career and technical education spaces and add a student strength facility to support athletics and CTE programming. The board did not provide construction budgets or a project timeline during the meeting.
Next steps: With the architect selected and the owner'architect agreement approved, the district will move into design and planning stages; staff did not provide an estimated construction start date during the meeting.
