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District outlines 'Vision 20/30' multi‑year facilities plan, flags student activity centers and major renovations
Summary
District leaders presented a five‑year Vision 20/30 facilities plan covering softball relocation, gym and locker-room renovations, HVAC and chiller upgrades, new student activity centers at New Albany and Floyd Central and estimated high‑level budgets (about $20M per activity center). Staff said bids will be sought by year-end.
New Albany-Floyd County Schools staff on June 18 presented a high-level five-year facilities program the district calls Vision 20/30, detailing athletic-field moves, gym renovations, science lab overhauls and potential construction of two large student activity centers.
Mr. Street and George of Wold/VPS walked the board through current work and proposed projects. The district said the Floyd Central softball complex is moving out of a floodplain to a newly acquired site and that earthwork and core subcontractor work is underway; the project is projected to be completed this winter. Gym projects at Floyd Central and New Albany include full auxiliary-floor replacements, sanding and refinishing of main gym floors, new bleachers and moving HVAC to roof-level to improve sight lines and reduce noise.
At New Albany High School, district staff described a multicomponent project that will replace tennis courts (digging to subsoil and stabilizing base, then rebuilding with new perimeter lighting), renovate science labs in phased summer work, and add a student activity center that would house ROTC and multipurpose courts. Staff said the activity centers are intended for multiuse (cheer, band, wrestling, basketball, tennis, indoor practice) with synthetic flooring and flexible striping rather than hardwood to protect the surface from heavy uses.
District staff gave high-level budget guidance: the two student activity centers were presented as a high ballpark of about $20,000,000 each; the presenters cautioned those are conservative high estimates while noting a recent smaller project bid came in at $12.5M against a $15M estimate. A separate ROTC/wrestling addition had previously approached $8,000,000 and science labs were ballparked around $7,000,000. Staff promised an itemized budget and timeline to the board and said many projects will be posted for bid by the end of the year so equipment can be ordered in time for construction windows in 2027.
Board members pressed for clearer price tags and asked which items will return for a vote; staff said the science labs and field projects will come back in the fall or as bids are ready. Staff also described procurement practice for large projects using a construction-manager approach (CMC/CMAR) with phased sub-bidding and subsequent board approvals.
The presentation included references to architects and contractors already engaged on various projects (LMH, Calhoun, Core, AML, BRCJ, Dan Christiani Group, Fanning Howey, Skillman, Schmidt). Staff said they would provide a consolidated slide with budgets tied to each project for board review at a later date.
