Thayer Central to take building project to voters
HEBRON — Thayer Central Community Schools patrons will decide Nov. 6 whether the district will take on a bond of $11.1 million, or possibly as much as $15.9 million, for expansions and renovations on its main campus here.
During an Aug. 28 special meeting, Thayer Central Board of Education Members approved adding Proposition A and B to the general election ballot.
Proposition A would call for the consolidation of all grades within the district’s intermediate and junior-senior high buildings at the 900 block of Eads Avenue in Hebron.
The project also calls for a 1,200-seat competition gymnasium constructed between the high school and intermediate buildings. The gym would be built into the ground, so event attendees would enter from the top of the grandstands instead of the bottom.
Proposition B, the bond for which would be $4.8 million, includes a 650-seat auditorium audition and fine arts classrooms added to the southwest corner of the junior-senior high school.
“There’s still a lot of information that needs to be disseminated,” Superintendent Drew Harris said. “We’re in the early stages of that process. We’re different in the fact that this isn’t, our buildings are not falling down around our ears at this point. This is not something that has to be done at this time, but the price is never going to be cheaper; interest rates will probably never be lower. We just need to figure out what direction we need to go in improving our facilities.”
HEBRON — Thayer Central Community Schools patrons will decide Nov. 6 whether the district will take on a bond of $11.1 million, or possibly as much as $15.9 million, for expansions and renovations on its main campus here.
During an Aug. 28 special meeting, Thayer Central Board of Education Members approved adding Proposition A and B to the general election ballot.
Proposition A would call for the consolidation of all grades within the district’s intermediate and junior-senior high buildings at the 900 block of Eads Avenue in Hebron.
The project also calls for a 1,200-seat competition gymnasium constructed between the high school and intermediate buildings. The gym would be built into the ground, so event attendees would enter from the top of the grandstands instead of the bottom.
Proposition B, the bond for which would be $4.8 million, includes a 650-seat auditorium audition and fine arts classrooms added to the southwest corner of the junior-senior high school.
“There’s still a lot of information that needs to be disseminated,” Superintendent Drew Harris said. “We’re in the early stages of that process. We’re different in the fact that this isn’t, our buildings are not falling down around our ears at this point. This is not something that has to be done at this time, but the price is never going to be cheaper; interest rates will probably never be lower. We just need to figure out what direction we need to go in improving our facilities.”
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