203's Naperville Central plans

[blankcheck]

All you have to do is look at the goofy room numbers at NV. They had room to build onto that school-they always planned for it. If extra space was needed they could have always used the "second soccer field".

[bob]

blankcheck said:

All you have to do is look at the goofy room numbers at NV. They had room to build onto that school-they always planned for it. If extra space was needed they could have always used the "second soccer field".

Did you mean NC?

So do they swap land with the Park District?

Could they get this done in one summer?

[blankcheck]

Look at the layout of Neuqua. Look at how the room numbers go. Even my child told me that they were always planning on adding onto Neuqua and pointed the room number things out to me.

Regarding the second soccer field - There is land between the main campus and the gold campus. I have asked on numerous occasions how the soccer team at NV obtained that land to build another soccer stadium. This was a special project that the Booster club was working on.

[bob]

So what does this have anything to do about Naperville Central?
Or do you have to whine about 204 in every thread, even one's that have nothing to do with 204?

Have you tried b*tching about the SB in the Ipod thread, yet because it is one thread you haven't tainted yet?

[blankcheck]

Your something else. How dare you say that my comments regarding WV are backhanded. Who the heck do you think you are anyway?
Face it BOB, anyone who says anything remotely against what you believe is either CFO etc. Get over it. This board is for not only your thoughts, but thoughts of many other voters and parents in 204. Regarding Central, I really do not care. I only care about what goes on in this district and how for years the voters have been lead down the wrong road. So please come down from your ivory tower!

[EagleDad]

blankcheck said:

All you have to do is look at the goofy room numbers at NV. They had room to build onto that school-they always planned for it. If extra space was needed they could have always used the "second soccer field".

blankcheck, that's thread hijaack - stay on topic, you've been issued a yellowcard by the referee.

[EagleDad]

... and bob, you need to play nice too. It's a nice day outside, take a walk.

[bob]

eagledad said:

... and bob, you need to play nice too. It's a nice day outside, take a walk.

Motion under advisement and taken.

[blankcheck]

I was not the one who brought 204 back under this topic.

[wvhsparent]

Naperville Central: 203 panel favors remodeling
(http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/130042,6_1_NA09_FACILITIES_S1.article)

November 9, 2006

By Tim Waldorf staff writer

While at one time Naperville District 203's community facilities task force seemed sold on replacing Naperville Central High School with a new building, it appears the final recommendation to the school board will be much different.

The task force's recommendation is slated to be delivered Monday. However, the task force had not finalized its recommendation as of press time Wednesday.

Regardless of the recommendation, the board will have the final say.

Facilities

Frightened by the $120 million price tag a brand-new Central would carry - and how those costs could keep the district from undertaking other projects - the task force on Tuesday began studying options to remodel Central that range in cost from $40 million to $72 million.

The $72 million renovation and expansion plan would bring the school new science labs and a better grouping of academic areas as well as a new stadium, which likely would be located south of Hillside Road. Executing this plan still would require voters to pass a referendum measure.

The $40 million plan wouldn't necessarily require a referendum. However, it would require closing Hillside Drive, as an addition would stretch across the street. The plan would improve traffic around the school and keep the stadium where it is.

Among the other projects the task force is considering include:

n Renovating and expand Mill Street Elementary - $11 million.

n Building a centralized early-childhood facility - another priority of the task force - would cost between $5 million and $9 million.

n Improving traffic problems around Naperville North High School and Prairie Elementary - $2 million.

n Putting artificial turf on the high schools' football fields - $1.2 million.

n Upgrading North's swimming pool so it meets IHSA standards - $900,000.

n Improving security at Prairie Elementary, Ranch View Elementary and Washington Junior High School - $400,000.

Funding

District 203 anticipates that its operations and maintenance budget can cover $75.6 million of upkeep for its 21 buildings over the coming decade. However, it isn't counting any of that cash toward the amount it could spend on projects identified by the task force.

Instead, the task force's recommendation to the board will be based on a the premise that district has $59 million to work with, and that any costs beyond that will require a referendum.

Money from land sales and year-end surpluses should account for about $23 million of that $59 million if the board continues to dedicate those funds to the site and construction fund it opened this year.

And in 2009, the Cantera tax increment financing district will expire, and District 203 estimates it will receive an additional $3.8 million in property taxes annually. If the board commits $2.5 million to $3 million of that additional cash to alternate revenue source bond payments each year, the district could secure another $36 million for facility upgrades.

[wvhsparent]

Dist. 203 probably will put off referendum
Board needs more time to review recommended school improvements

By Melissa Jenco
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Naperville Unit District 203 most likely won’t be putting a referendum on the ballot this spring.

While a referendum would be required to afford the $100 million in projects recommended by its facilities committee, district officials said there seems to be too much of a time crunch to get it on the April 17 ballot. The school board is just in the early stages of discussing the recommendations.

“Given the interest I hear around town as well as from the city about looking at a broader context of this land (around Central) and a realization that probably by the time that gets pulled together we’re easily looking at January ... I made an assumption ... that that was simply a pace at which it was not likely we could make it,” said Superintendent Alan Leis.

If the district does not go to referendum this spring, it will have to wait until the spring of 2008.

The facilities committee is recommending roughly $100 million in projects, including a $72 million renovation to Naperville Central, an $11.25 million early childhood center, and renovations to Mill Street Elementary.

It also recommending improving traffic flow at Naperville North and Prairie Elementary, doing major renovations to North’s pool, adding synthetic turf to the high school football fields and improving security at Ranch View and Prairie elementaries and Washington Junior High.

If it plans to spend more than $59 million, it will need a referendum to do so.

Board members said they’d like to use a work session in January to discuss some of their lingering questions about how much work would be done at Central for $72 million, how disruptive construction would be, critical infrastructure needs, ways to engage the community and a timeline for the projects.

They also expressed support for a suggestion by Leis to solicit proposals from additional architectural firms to help them along the way.

“Once we have two firms we have the ability to decide which firm is best for which kind of work,” Leis said.




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