Story posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010
District 212 Plans Summer Projects
Leyden High School Dist. 212 officials outlined their planned summer construction projects for the East campus at a school board meeting last week.
Dist. 212 CFO Tom Janeteas said 80% of the work consists of mandated life safety projects.
Though Janeteas was hesitant to say how much the summer projects at both East and West Leyden might cost, given that they have not been bid on yet by prospective contractors, he gave a rough estimate of a few million dollars to complete all the work.
Projects will commence once students leave the building for summer break.
Unlike last year, many of this summer's projects will be less obvious infrastructure projects compared to last year's lighting and hallway projects.
One of the most expensive projects will be to service mechanical systems for the pool. Janeteas said the newest components in the pool's mechanical systems are 20-years-old with the oldest as old as 40.
The other large project is a remodeling of the dean's office. Staffing for the office has increased from three or four staffers to between five and seven, including police liaison officers, leading to the need for more space and a better "flow" of students.
Confidentiality is also a concern. The new dean's office would have improved interview rooms with soundproofing and better air ventilation.
Other projects include replacement of the East fieldhouse roof, a new entranceway at the King Street entrance, new fire doors and frames that would replace "wire glass" with new clear safety glass, another set of new restrooms, replacement of carpeting and wallpaper in the Little Theater, new exterior doors near the tennis courts, work on the exterior bleachers, floor tile replacement, tuckpointing and brick replacement on the exterior of the building, the second phase of a major security camera installation, and a 1,200 gallon high efficiency water tank that would pay for itself in improved energy savings in two years.
Janeteas said enough money has been set aside in this year's budget to pay for all the building projects and similar ones at the West campus.
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