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New Byrneville Elementary Buildings Will Cost About $7.7 Million
July 12, 2018
New building construction at Byrneville Elementary School will cost an estimated $7.7 million, the school’s board of directors learned Wednesday.
Architect Mike Marshall of the firm Sam Marshall Architects presented the charter school’s board with a sneak peak of a needs assessment outlining the construction process and costs.
The school is looking to construct a new building with 10 classrooms, a 1,000 square foot multipurpose room and associated spaces, and a new cafetorium with a serving kitchen. The kitchen will have floor space to be expanded for cooking, but right now meals for the students are cooked at Bratt Elementary School and trucked in each day.
The project cost estimate also includes upgrades to the existing main school building to include fire sprinklers and central air conditioning and converting the existing cafeteria into a library space that will include a closed circuit television studio. Additionally, furnishings and associated constructions costs are $7.7 million.
There has no been no final decision to to actually build the facility. The board must secure financing and complete other planning processes including a final design.
The largest building on the current Byrneville campus was built in 1941 and contains five classrooms, plus offices and a cafeteria. Several classrooms and the school library are located in old wooden portable buildings.
Pictured: Byrneville Elementary School Principal Dee Wolfe-Sullivan (seated left) and board members Brandy Carter and Jeremy Hawsey listen to a needs assessment from architect Mike Marshall Wednesday afternoon at the school. Pictured: The largest building on the current Byrneville campus was build in 1941. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Architect Mike Marshall addresses t
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2 Responses to “New Byrneville Elementary Buildings Will Cost About $7.7 Million”
Why not use the site at Century (former PK-8th Carver-Century School) where the Escambia County School District already has a modern facility on a roomy campus with sewer access? This school could serve Byrneville and Century children and families. Century mayor and town council, what do you think? Wouldn’t that make better economical sense and be considerate of all the communities? Also Showalter Park and Anthony Pleasant Park border this campus and that is a plus.
If memory serves me correct, it’s getting older toooooo.
Seems the the Cafeteria, Library and Auditorium were all the same room around 67.
Good memories here.