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Washoe County School District outlines multi‑year modernization plan, highlights safety upgrades and repurposing
Summary
School district official Adam Searcy told the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Governing Board the 2023 Facility Modernization Plan focuses on modernization, reconstruction and repurposing to bring older campuses up to parity with newer schools; projects include reconstruction, pedestrian safety investments and planned closures with community transition steps.
Adam Searcy, a representative from the Washoe County School District, told the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Governing Board on Feb. 12 that the district’s 2023 Facility Modernization Plan (FMP) centers on three approaches—modernization, reconstruction and repurposing—to bring older campuses closer to the standards of newer school buildings.
Searcy said the ballot measure that financed WC‑1 enabled construction of 10 new schools and five major additions, and he described how school‑by‑school work and community partnerships produced projects such as Jay Wood Raw Elementary, Procter Hugg High School and the Debbie Smith CTE Academy. He noted that the district has used…
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