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Board moves to end architect contract, tasks facility committee and approves enrollment and utilization study
Summary
The board voted to discontinue its contract with the previous architect group, charged the facility committee with designing an architect selection process, and approved an enrollment and building-utilization study totaling $38,760.
The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education voted to end its prior agreement with DLR Group and to task the district’s facility committee with outlining a process to select a new architect.
During discussion board members and staff said DLR Group had been given the agreed-upon three attempts related to the prior bond work and the district would now seek new proposals. Board members said they want an architect with rural-school experience and more local availability.
The board also discussed and approved a proposal from the demographer firm RSP to perform an enrollment analysis and a building utilization/capacity study. Staff said RSP’s recommended package for both analyses would cost $38,760 (documented as $13,500 for the enrollment analysis and $25,260 for the utilization/capacity work). Staff and facility-committee members said the utilization analysis would help the district understand building capacities, options for use, and how future housing or college-related growth could affect enrollment.
Board members asked about the study scope and timetable; staff said the vendor planned to deliver enrollment projections by May and utilization work in April–May. The board approved (by voice vote) the motion to end the DLR relationship and to task the facility committee with the architect-selection process, then approved funding for the enrollment and utilization study; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript.
