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Nassau school board workshop narrows capital-plan options for Callahan and Yulee-area schools
Summary
At a board workshop, staff presented three Yulee-area facility scenarios and a Callahan consolidation proposal, outlining cost estimates and timelines; the board narrowed options to two scenarios and asked staff for further financial analysis and community outreach.
Acting chair convened a capital projects workshop in which Superintendent Dr. Burns and staff laid out options to address aging buildings and capacity pressures in Callahan and the Yulee attendance zone.
Dr. Burns said Callahan Elementary would require roughly $14.9 million in repairs over 10 years and presented an alternative to combine Callahan Elementary and Callahan Intermediate into a single permanent K–5 building that would add about 30 classrooms and carry an estimated $33 million price tag. “We believe that would be almost $15,000,000” in deferred infrastructure costs at Callahan Elementary alone, Dr. Burns said, framing consolidation as a long-term efficiency that could free capital for permanent construction.
The board spent the bulk of the workshop on three scenarios for Yulee-area elementary…
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