$48 Million In Construction Projects Planned; Improvements At Every Escambia School

February 3, 2012

Over$48 million in construction projects are planned for the Escambia County School District. Major rebuild projects are planned for Ernest Ward Middle School and A.K. Suter Elementary.

(Click here to read more about the Ernest Ward $16.5 million project.)

Another $5 million is sales tax funding is expected to be allocated for construction and improvement projects at every other school in the district.

Projects planned for North Escambia area schools include:

  • Bratt Elementary will receive $75,000 for general renovations to include casework in classrooms (bookshelves and cabinets)
  • Jim Allen Elementary will receive $100,000 for general renovations including the replacement of windows in the cafeteria
  • Molino Park Elementary will receive $100,000 for sitework, including  a 6-foot wide asphalt walking trail
  • Ernest Ward Middle will be rebuilt for $16,500,000.
  • Ransom Middle School will receive $90,000 for general renovations including updated video and audio for the cafeteria stage
  • Northview High School will receive $100,000 for new construction to include a storage facility
  • Tate High School will receive $100,000 for general renovations to include the old gym
  • West Florida High School will receive $100,000 for sitework, including additional paved parking

All of the projects are subject to approval by the Escambia County School Board. That approval is expected to come in late February.

Comments

5 Responses to “$48 Million In Construction Projects Planned; Improvements At Every Escambia School”

  1. David Huie Green on February 5th, 2012 1:30 pm

    Could you do it? How many shelves in how many class rooms built to what standards?

    David for quality

  2. Terri Sanders on February 3rd, 2012 11:14 am

    I wish I was the contractor.75K for bookshelves and cabinets at Bratt??

  3. J.K. on February 3rd, 2012 9:34 am

    Ernest Ward is very run down, it seriously neede this!!

  4. The DOER on February 3rd, 2012 6:10 am

    This is great news, but what about a guest locker room/weight facility at Northview HIgh? Isn’t it time for this?

  5. Jane on February 3rd, 2012 4:01 am

    One of the first things you notice about our schools is how old, inefficient, and run down they look. Some of them just do not even look safe for children. I am sure some people will say we don’t need this, but the children deserve good safe schools and I am glad at least some of them are going to get them.

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