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Silver Consolidated Schools updates state on CLIF rebuilding plan; PSFA review set for Dec. 16
Summary
Superintendent Juan Hawkins told the board the district received positive feedback after presenting a planning and design proposal to state facilities officials and will return Dec. 16 when the Public Schools Finance Authority makes recommendations to the state capital council; the district plans a January design committee to advance a CLIF rebuild and consolidation.
Superintendent Juan Hawkins updated the Silver Consolidated Schools board on the district's effort to secure state funding for a CLIF school rebuild and consolidation, saying state reviewers responded positively and will discuss recommendations on Dec. 16.
Hawkins said district staff recently presented a fully formed planning and design package in Santa Fe and received "a really positive feedback from ESCLC" (as stated in the meeting). He described the submission as the second component of the district's application process and said the presentation emphasized the community-driven bond process, enrollment projections and the district's intent that the state fund construction via a waiver.
Why it matters: district leaders said state approval is a key step to move from planning to construction. Hawkins told the board that, if recommendations go the district's way, a community task force and design committee will be formed in January to involve staff, students and residents in the design process and that the district hopes to be ready to start construction planning within a year.
Details presented: Hawkins stated the district plans to return to Santa Fe on Dec. 16 when the Public Schools Finance Authority (PSFA) will make recommendations to the state capital review body (transcript reference). He said the PSFA site visit and earlier review reaffirmed the district's project ranking and that the district will continue to contribute to the planning and design phase while requesting the PSFA/related councils to fund the construction side via a waiver.
What comes next: if the state panels approve the district's requests, Hawkins said the district will assemble a planning/design committee in early calendar-year meetings and then move into the design phase; he cautioned that designing schools will take time and the process will involve both rapid and slower steps as technical design advances.
Quotes from the meeting: "We got a really positive feedback from ESCLC," Hawkins said of state reviewers. He added the district expects to "come back to the community ... in early fall, right after the holiday break" to begin community planning and to assemble a task force for design participation.
Limitations and uncertainties: Hawkins and other speakers described the PSFA/PSCOC/PSCLC process as the next procedural step but did not commit a construction start date or specific dollar figures for construction funding in the meeting. Those financial details were not specified in the transcript.
Next procedural step: the superintendent said the district will return to Santa Fe on Dec. 16 for the PSFA/related council recommendations; the board indicated it would follow with local committee formation and public engagement if the recommendation is favorable.
