Improvements to begin at Middle School West

November levy By MARLA K. KUHLMAN Wednesday March 18, 2015 12:05 PM View Larger

Gahanna-Jefferson's Middle School West will be one of the first district buildings to benefit from the 2.16-mill continuing permanent-improvements levy voters approved in November.

School Schmidt, executive director of elementary education, told the school board March 12 the first project to go to bid is window replacements at Middle School West. A pre-bid meeting will be March 23, with bids due March 31.

He said the work with architect Legat Kingscott is moving forward as planned.

Schmidt said updates would be provided in April regarding all of the projects in the district this summer.

November's levy is expected to raise about $3 million annually and is earmarked for fixing damaged roofs, replacing aging school buses and costly and outdated HVAC systems, updating classroom technology and replacing old and energy-inefficient windows.

The funds may be used only for items with a life expectancy of at least five years.

Schmidt said work also has started on the district's master facilities plan.

He said district administrators have been meeting with the architect to gather historical data, energy-conservation project House Bill 264 data, permanent improvements data and current conditions and curricular needs.

Schmidt said a 25-member committee is being formed to include school staff, parents and community members. The committee will begin meeting at the end of March.

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Improvements to begin at Middle School West