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Centennial SD committee recommends year‑one funding to reopen high school planetarium
Summary
The district committee recommended sending a year‑one capital request of about $86,000 to the full board to make the planetarium operational for internal school use, while looking for grants and partnerships to fund a later, larger upgrade.
The Centennial School District education committee recommended sending a year‑one capital request to the full board that would spend about $86,000 to get the high‑school planetarium working for district students, with administrators promising to seek grants and sponsorships before pursuing larger upgrades.
The recommendation matters because it would move an unused facility back into service for classroom use as early as this summer while keeping broader modernization decisions on hold pending outside funding. Committee members emphasized that the year‑one approval is limited to making the system operable for internal instruction, with a later decision required to fund external programs and higher‑quality projectors.
Administrators explained the two‑phase…
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