Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Construction could begin by July 1, architects say.
CUSD 115 Board members unanimously approved the first phase of expansions to Yorkville High School, which could begin as early as July. Bids for the expansion, which could cost $12-$17 million, are expected to go out in May, with possible construction beginning July 1, Mark Miller of Concept 3 Architects told board members during Monday’s meeting. Based on other projects his company is working on, Miller told the board the current construction climate is advantageous to “aggressive bidding,” which could keep costs closer to the $12 million mark. However, he did warn that costs for building materials could increase due to climbing gasoline prices and rebuilding efforts in the northeast following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. “We …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Yorkville District 115 officials are developing questions to ask architectural firms applying for the high school expansion project.
Yorkville District 115 officials hope results from a questionnaire which will be given to prospective architectural firms will help them determine the best one for the Yorkville High School expansion and remodeling project. During during Monday's Organizational Oversight Committee meeting at the high school, members reviewed the questionnaire. District 115 Superintendent Scott Wakeley said school officials would like to use a local firm. “We don’t want someone from Colorado saying, ‘We want to be your architect,’ and then when we need somebody a year from now they’re nowhere to be found,” Wakeley said. Brian Debolt, the district’s director of building and grounds, said officials also want to work with a firm that has specifically done …
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
District 115 board members will seek bids from several architects to keep the project cost-effective.
Yorkville District 115 officials want to expand Yorkville High School as smaller classes graduate and larger ones move into the building on Game Farm Road. But the project’s scope and price tag are still being determined. “We know we need a fieldhouse and an auditorium and some additional classrooms,” District 115 Superintendent Scott Wakeley said Tuesday. “Now we need to find an architect to find out what that type of project is going to cost and how we can make this project as cost efficient and cost effective as possible.” Officials have been discussing overcrowding for months, instituting a one-way policy in some stairways at the high school last academic year. About 1,130 students (sophomores through seniors) last academic year …
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
District 115 board members begin discussions on possible expansion and renovation.
Yorkville High School has so many students and teachers packing the hallways, some stairways are one-way only. Students and staffers can walk either up or down those stairways as designated. The policy, implemented earlier this academic year, is designed to ensure that students travel the hallways safely and arrive to class on time, Principal Ronald Kiesewetter said. "(We created the one-way rule) so we don't have bottlenecks in certain intersections in the hallways," Kiesewetter said. "And it's been working." But those crowded conditions — in addition to larger grade sizes in the elementary schools and modest growth projections — have sparked preliminary conversations of possible expansion among school board members and administrators. …
Scott Harmon
11:14 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
R.D. The taxes were already jacked up to fund this project by a huge tax increase in 2006 I believe and the taxes are paid by us. The administrative salaries exploded after the referendum passed. The money did not go to the students or the teachers. It's a shame these taxes are not allocated to the benefit of the children. more ›