Board of Education members tonight heard the latest facilities
committee report that calls for the closing of three elementary schools and the
construction of a new elementary school next to Jardine Middle School. Bishop, Avondale West and Shaner Elementary
Schools would close with students from those schools attending the new
elementary school.
The facilities committee report also calls for:
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b Bishop Elementary to become a new district-wide
professional development center
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Capital City Schools to relocate to the nearby
Boisen Building
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Capital City Schools to become the home of the
Topeka Center for Advanced Learning and Careers (TCALC)
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Shaner Elementary to become a new Pre-K facility
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Modular classrooms would be removed from
McEachron, McCarter and Sheldon Child Development Center
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FEMA approved shelters would be built at Quincy,
Stout, Shaner, McCarter, McEachron Elementary Schools and Hope Street Academy
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Air condition would be added to gymnasiums at
all high schools and middle schools (except Robinson Middle School)
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School security improvements would be made throughout the
school district
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Technology enhancements
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Renovated science labs at high schools
The total cost of the recommendations is $142,632,159. Board members will decide in January whether
to go forward with a proposed bond issue next spring. If approved, the district’s mill levy would
not increase.
