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More questions answered about remodeling CHS |
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 LOOKING FOR A MAKEOVER – Looking across the old tennis courts to the back entrance of the CHS commons. If the levy passes by the voters, this is where a proposed new gym will be built. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
On the ballot, you will be asked to vote yes on a high school levy of $4.1 million and an elementary levy of $2.2 million.
If you are in favor of the high school remodeling project, you need to vote YES-YES. It is important to note, for example, a yes vote for the high school and a no vote for the elementary levy (a split vote) will have the same effect as voting no and no.
After you vote, your ballot needs to be returned to the Clerk and Recorder office in the courthouse before 8 p.m. on April 8, at which time election officials will begin counting them.
“Sharing costs,” explained Superintendent of Schools Lynn Utterback, “of school building remodeling is routine for school systems. It is like high school and elementary students both riding the bus. The cost for that bus is shared. This is not something being invented.”
There have also been questions on cost over runs. Utterback said, “The costs are built in, you can’t go over the funded amount.” Nevertheless, there is a “contingency fund” of $359,983.
The issue of parking has been brought out and for a couple of times during the coarse of the year, you may have someone park their vehicle in front of your house for a couple of hours while attending a school event.
At the worst, it would be a minor inconvenience. A big parking lot is not necessarily the best answer here. Like Cut Bank, where there is street parking, as opposed to Shelby where they now have a big lot to put vehicles in, exiting would be easier and quicker off the street than from a parking lot.
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