Lebanon board reviews options to add 12 classrooms, site new schools at Jones Brummett and Legal Pike

Lebanon Special School District board members at a work session discussed options to expand capacity at the district’s Jones Brummett elementary campus and the feasibility of building additional schools on the district-owned Legal Pike property. Consultants described site work already completed, timelines for design and permitting, and preliminary cost ranges; board members discussed financing options but took no formal action.

The board heard that Jones Brummett was originally designed with future expansion in mind and could receive four additional classrooms on each of three existing wings — 12 classrooms in total — increasing capacity by about 240 students if the district programs roughly 20 students per classroom. Consultant Rusty said key infrastructure elements — electrical panels, underground plumbing routing and fresh-air/recirculation HVAC capacity — were installed during the original construction so the physical work for classroom additions would be chiefly architectural and finish work rather than full utility upgrades.

At the meeting, Rusty gave a schedule estimate for the Jones Brummett classroom addition: about four months to finish…