CARLSBAD: Plans move forward for Prop. P school projects
Trustees to pick architects Wednesday
By STACY BRANDT - Staff Writer | ∞
CARLSBAD ---- Plans to modernize Carlsbad Unified School District campuses are moving forward this week, as the school board is expected to pick architects to redesign five elementary and middle schools.
"It's really exciting." Trustee Nicole Pappas said Monday about seeing the projects beginning to take shape. "This is what we've been waiting for."
District officials are expected to ask the board at Wednesday's meeting to choose Trittipo Architecture and Planning to design the plans for overhauling four elementary school campuses. The district would pay the San Marcos-based company $915,000 for the work.
District officials selected the company out of six who were considered.
In total, the district plans to spend $14.4 million on the project, which would include substantial work at Buena Vista, Hope, Kelly and Magnolia elementary schools.
The work is expected to be done next year during summer break.
The same six companies were also interviewed for design work on the $9.4 million modernization project at Valley Middle School. District officials recommended paying Carlsbad-based MGPA Architecture Inc. $546,120 to design the renovation.
Those five schools were selected because they were among the district's oldest and most in need of repairs and technology upgrades.
The work will help to bring the aging campuses up to the standards of the district's newer schools, Pappas said.
All of the work will be paid for with money from Proposition P, the $198 million bond measure voters passed in 2006, with some matching state money.
The bond money will also pay for rebuilding Carlsbad High School and building a new high school in eastern Carlsbad. Design work for those projects is already under way.
School officials said it would cost $95.4 million for the new campus and $86.8 million for the work at the current high school.
The school board meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive.
As part of that meeting, school officials are slated to present an update on all of the projects they expect Proposition P to finance, including the school renovations and $5 million in technological upgrades.
Contact staff writer Stacy Brandt at (760) 901-4009 or sbrandt@nctimes.com.
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socarlsbadmom wrote on Jul 21, 2008 8:13 PM:why are we putting $$$ into Buena Vista when enrollment there is dropping? wasn't there talking of closing it?
Taxpayer wrote on Jul 21, 2008 9:35 PM:Shouldn't the Football Stadium at CHS be the last project in case we once again run out of money?
carlsbad guy wrote on Jul 22, 2008 5:53 AM:So my Carlsbad tax dollars are going to build a high school in Oceanside? Great.
carlsbadmommy wrote on Jul 22, 2008 8:42 AM:FYI carlsbad guy, Carlsbad Unified district covers areas of Carlsbad and areas of Oceanside. The school district also excludes parts of Southern Carlsbad and they are considered either Encinitas for elementary and San Digueito for middle and high school or San Marcos. The city boundary differs from the school district boundaries. Does it make sense, no. But that's just the facts.
an editor please wrote on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 AM:It should say a new high school in northeast Carlsbad, off Cannon and College.
Yes... wrote on Jul 22, 2008 12:47 PM:..the h.s. is basically in calavera hills...
designed to spend wrote on Jul 22, 2008 1:11 PM:$1.5 million for design fees for 5 schools. Wonder how much that is per student, $750 - $1,000. Guess they will be selling a lot of wrapping paper this year because we just don't have the money for the students. Maybe we should raise more taxes because its for the kids.
to Taxpayer wrote on Jul 22, 2008 1:56 PM:Be glad that they have the football team. It pays for itself, and then some.
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