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District advances design work for CTE building and transportation center and studies elementary additions as less-costly alternative to a new school
Summary
District administrators updated the board on schematic design and site feasibility for a Career and Technical Education facility on the Barrett property and a transportation center at Aspen Meadow, and presented an alternative plan to add roughly 28 classrooms across existing elementary schools at a lower cost than building a new school.
District administrators on Monday gave the Board of School Trustees a progress update on “next decade” facilities planning that includes a Career and Technical Education (CTE) facility, a transportation center and a cost-comparison of elementary additions versus a new elementary school.
Design and sites
- CTE/alternative education facility: staff identified roughly 47 acres on the Barrett property near Carroll High School as the preferred site for the CTE/alternative school building. The site plan work is in the design phase; consultants are evaluating utilities, wetlands and circulation. District presenters said they will try to preserve open acreage west of the building for program uses such as construction labs, precision-agriculture drone areas and an on-site cross-country course sized to host high-school and middle-school events.
- Transportation center: staff are studying siting a transportation center on district land around…
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