![]() ![]() That does not include the $2 million in contingency. “That would bring the cost of the school to $27,215, 344.50. “In Option 1, all the changes we listed would add up to a savings of $8,573,375,” Harrell said. Other options that could be deleted from the original design in Option 1, but added later, include making the bus ramp and covered area for pick-up not as long for a savings of $57,000, deleting the locker rooms for savings of $800,000 and deleting cubbies from elementary school classrooms for savings of $126,000 - among other things that can be adjusted later. However, the option of making the hallways more narrow and the classrooms four feet smaller would result in a permanent situation. But both the cafeteria space and the kitchen could be added when enough money is found. If the cafeteria is not included in the first construction budget, the savings would add up to just over $1.2 million.ĭeleting the kitchen from the design saves $857,00, in itself. When furnishings are factored in, the cost goes to just over $35 million. Without furnishings, the cost of construction when taking into consideration cost per student station for the Elkhart school would be just over $30.2 million, as originally planned. He said the media center and cafeteria services are not tied to student stations, and the rest rooms are not. Wyrosdick said the state allows $25,572 per student station for construction costs, but not everything is tied to student stations. But if we are getting close to getting the school complete and have money left over, then we can add some of these alternatives and the cafeteria would be the first priority to add back into the plan.” “For example, do we get a month and a half in rain - like we did for the Benny Russell school construction - and they have to add laborers to get the school done on time, we could be in trouble if we don’t have enough contingency built-in. Harrell explained that there are so many unknown factors, they do not want to get too close to that cost per student station limit. ![]() Wyrosdick and Assistant Superintendent Joey Harrell presented the school board with a second option, which included a cafeteria, but that plan cut the savings in half. The law passed in 2016 by the state legislature says that if any school district surpasses the allowed student station cost, which Wyrosdick told the school board is based on numbers from 2006 construction costs, the state would not allow the school district to repay any of the borrowed amount with any of its local or state funds. But it is what we have to work under right now.” – Tim Wyrosdick Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools “Is this the school we want to build? No. But it is what we have to work under right now.” This is a bad state law, outdated and punitive. We are, right now, looking at the school opening in the fall of 2022 for a school needed three years ago. Superintendent of School Tim Wyrosdick said, more than once during the meeting, “We have other options, but this option gives us the best chance at building the school with the most savings to be able to come within the state law and open it on time. The food would be prepared at other schools and brought into the Elkhart school. The option would use the media center doubling as a cafeteria/ feeding area for school meals. ![]() The option that would save just over $2 million would make the hallways and classrooms smaller than originally planned, with four feet off each classroom, and would eliminate a cafeteria or kitchen, at first. The Santa Rosa County School Board reluctantly voted unanimously last week to move ahead on the new school being designed with a cost saving option presented by the administrative staff that no one really likes. An artistic rendering of the planned school which will be built between Gulf Breeze and Navarre. ![]()
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