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Voters to decide on C-A $17.8M fix-up plan
Nov 10, 2015 12:03 am
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oters in the Coxsackie-Athens school district will go to the polls Dec. 15 to determine the fate of a $17.8 million capital renovation plan. The proposal put forward by district officials includes repurposed classrooms and upgrades to the athletic fields, including the installation of lights and artificial turf. The track would also be widened. The plan calls for improvements to the high school library, as well, and improved security measures like cameras and new locks. The top three improvements requested by staff and administrators were cameras, a fire alarm system and an auditorium and classroom reconfiguration, said district superintendent Randall Squier. The principals also supported the idea of combining the middle and high school libraries to create a library and media center for use by students in grades 5 through 12. High School Principal Heath Quiles said, “It will allow for an epicenter of the campus." The administrators called the existing high school library, which has not been renovated since the 1970s, "embarassing." Public information meetings will be scheduled, and will take place over the coming weeks. If approved by voters in December, construction would begin in 2017. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
(Photo from news10.com.)[/caption]oters in the Coxsackie-Athens school district will go to the polls Dec. 15 to determine the fate of a $17.8 million capital renovation plan. The proposal put forward by district officials includes repurposed classrooms and upgrades to the athletic fields, including the installation of lights and artificial turf. The track would also be widened. The plan calls for improvements to the high school library, as well, and improved security measures like cameras and new locks. The top three improvements requested by staff and administrators were cameras, a fire alarm system and an auditorium and classroom reconfiguration, said district superintendent Randall Squier. The principals also supported the idea of combining the middle and high school libraries to create a library and media center for use by students in grades 5 through 12. High School Principal Heath Quiles said, “It will allow for an epicenter of the campus." The administrators called the existing high school library, which has not been renovated since the 1970s, "embarassing." Public information meetings will be scheduled, and will take place over the coming weeks. If approved by voters in December, construction would begin in 2017. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.