- November 8, 2024
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Among the items in the School District's 5-year plan are two new stadium bleacher sections for Matanzas High School. (Photo by Jeff Dawsey)
The School District plans to spend millions of dollars in construction, renovation and remodeling over the coming five school years.
In the district’s proposed 5-year work plan are HVAC upgrades, new bleachers and parking spaces, marquees and gym repairs, among other changes.
Here’s what the district is proposing to spend where over five school years, according to a document presented at a School Board workshop Sept. 6:
MAJOR PROJECTS BY SCHOOL:
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE: $4,374,500
$2.4 million: Re-pipe chiller and replace air handlers (2016/17-2018/19)
$750,000: Install TES (Ice Plant) (2020/21)
$237,000: Replace carpet (2018/19)
$87,500: Intercoms (2017/18-2018/19)
FLAGLER PALM COAST HIGH: $2,558,500
$1.5 million: Re-pave parking lot and replace sub base (2017/18-2018/19)
$400,000: Auditorium renovations (2016/17-2018/19)
$225,000: Bathroom renovations (2016/17-2017/18)
$115,000: Renovate flooring main hall 100 bldg. (2018/19)
$100,000: HVAC controls for 1200 bldg. (2017/18)
$87,500: Intercoms (2017/18-2018/19)
$63,000: Stadium repairs (2016/17)
$25,000 Stadium repainting (2016/17)
$25,000: Irrigate band field (2020/21)
$18,000: Marquee (2016/17)
MATANZAS HIGH SCHOOL: $2,549,500
$500,000: Bldg. 9 dedicated fresh air unit (2020/21)
$500,000: Bldg. 10 fresh air unit (2019/20-2020/21)
$400,000: Resurface track (2016/17)
$250,000: Lights for practice fields (2018/19)
$237,000: Replace carpets (2019/20)
$175,000: Pave student parking (2018/19)
$150,000: Add two more home stadium bleacher sections (2017/18)
$100,000: Storage athletic equipment (2018/19)
$87,500: Intercoms (2017/18-2018/19)
$75,000: Chiller overhauls (2016/17)
$75,000: Humidity control for gym (2017/18)
BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE: $1,525,000
$1 million: Install TES Tanks (Ice Plant) (2020/21)
$300,000: Chiller removal/repipe (2020/21)
$155,000: Phase II fields (2017/18)
$45,000: Phase 1 Fields (2016/17)
$25,000 Remodel front bathrooms (2016/17)
LEWIS E WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY: $1,018,000
$600,000: Reroof school (2017/18-2019/20)
$300,000: Repave parking (2017/18)
$100,000: Replace classroom HVAC controls (2017/18)
$18,000: Marquee (2017/18)
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY: $910,000
$350,000: Renovate Bldg. 2 old gym floor interior (2019/20)
$325,000: Renovate 100 bldg. interior (2020/21)
$150,000: Replace chiller 1 in bldg. 100 and old gym (2017/18)
$60,000: 200 Gym Roof Repairs (2016/17)
$25,000: Gutter downspouts replacement (2016/17)
RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY: $787,500
$450,000: Fresh air intake (2017/18-2018/19)
$250,000: Replace cooling tower bundles (2020/21)
$87,500: Intercoms (2017/18-2018/19)
BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY: $778,000
$500,000: Install TES tanks (Ice Plant) (2019/20)
$153,000: Replace carpet (2019/20)
$90,000: Replace 30 $3,000 portable A/C units (2019/20)
$35,000: Courtyards Restoration (2016/17)
OLD KINGS ELEMENTARY: $674,000
$175,000: PI bus loop (2018/19)
$165,000: Courtyard dining covered area 2 (2019/20)
$154,000: Courtyard dining covered area 1 (2018/19)
$80,000: New gym flooring (2016/17)
$50,000: Humidity controls in lobby/clinic (2017/18)
$50,000: Reroof Bldg. 5: (2017/18)
OTHER PROJECTS: $5,045,000
School District sets millage rate
The Flagler County School Board at a workshop Sept. 6 adopted a final mileage rate of 6.952 mills, or $6.95 per $1,000 of taxable value, for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Last year’s rate was 7.255, and the previous year’s was 7.446. The millage rate is the lowest the district has had in 22 years. Flagler County’s state funding per student is $6,915.51, the 64th lowest out of the state of Florida’s 67 counties, School District Finance Director Tom Tant said. Its state-set Required Local Effort millage is the sixth-highest in the state.The total millage rate of 6.952 mills will raise an estimated $56,290,389.
City to build Indian Trails Sports Complex bathrooms
The city of Palm Coast will build new bathrooms at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. There will be a unisex, single-stall family bathroom, a men’s room with four toilets and three urinals, and a women’s bathroom with 14 toilets. An agreement between the city and the School District isn’t finalized yet — the two entities are talking over water and sewer — but City Manager Jim Landon said at a Sept. 6 workshop that the issue was “not a deal killer.”
