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CCSD trustees approve $12M design authorization for Southwest comprehensive high school after split vote
Summary
After heated debate about declining enrollment and reuse of prior planning work, the Clark County School District Board approved a $12 million architectural design request for a 2,700‑seat comprehensive high school in the Southwest by a 4–3 vote. Trustees and staff debated timing, cost and whether smaller phased designs or reuse of earlier plans could avoid spending.
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees voted 4–3 on Oct. 30 to approve capital improvement contract awards that include up to $12 million for architectural design and related services for a proposed comprehensive high school in the Southwest (near Cactus and Buffalo). The item prompted sustained questions from trustees about timing, prior investments and whether the district should revise the scope in light of falling birthrates and changing enrollment projections.
Trustee Ramona Stevens, who pulled item 3.1 for discussion, said she supported the need for relief at overcrowded campuses such as Desert Oasis and Sierra Vista but questioned whether the district should seek full new design work when an earlier $9 million design contract (of which roughly $6 million had been spent) existed. "If we already have plans that we spent $6 million to develop, is it…
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