A special Plainview Board of Education meeting has been planned for Monday, April 28 to review with the community the latest “facility review” study in preparation for a discussed bond election soon.
The special meeting will be held in the Pirate Auditorium at the high school at 7 p.m., and will be open to the public, as well as a meeting of the Board.
The Board of Education had ordered a facility review a number of months ago – to originally discuss the sagging floors in the old junior high building on the southeast part of the campus.
The Board has since accepted a bid to shore up that flooring for $15,850, and has already engaged an architect and discussed terms with a bonding agent in March through a committee meeting.
According to this month’s minutes, under a report from President Tim Rasmussen – the budget committee will be holding a meeting with Tobin Buchanan of Northland, a First National of Nebraska Company on April 22.
The Special meeting on April 28 had been originally discussed as the “first time” the Board and the public would be seeing the facility review from the architectural firm.
Since that time, Dr. Darron Arlt, Superintendent, has indicated that plans have grown to include bridging the street between the schools with new construction, two new wrestling rooms, locker rooms and a host of other demolition and construction.
The school has also indicated that it is working toward paving the street between the ballfields and the football field, in cooperation with the City of Plainview. As the two entities are the major holders of adjacent property, the entire cost would fall to the taxpayers to cover, likely through a bond with the City.
According to previously released information, that project has been estimated at $1.5 million, but the City of Plainview put out the bid request two weeks ago, closing on April 24 at 3 p.m.
Superintendent Arlt has also indicated that there could be a school bond election as early as this November, though the Board of Education has not voted on any progress on that topic yet.
As it is not a typical election year, the election would likely be on a special bond election, with the costs picked up by the school, the city, or both, depending on the questions posed to taxpayers.