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As you are aware, on November 1, 2006, Eastern Guilford High School (EGHS) was tragically destroyed by fire. The ninth and tenth grade EGHS students are being housed at the former NC School for the Deaf for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year and the eleventh and twelfth grade EGHS students are being housed at the GTCC East campus for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year.
On December 19, 2006, the Board of Education approved placing ninth-twelfth grade EGHS students in a modular village on the existing EGHS campus effective with the 2007-08 school year. The students will remain in the modular village until such time as a replacement facility can be constructed on the campus. Fiscal year 2007-08 and 2008-09 operating funds will be earmarked for the lease costs associated with the modular village (i.e., lease on 10 modular complexes @ $50,000 per month for up to 24 months; delivery/set-up and disassembly/removal by manufacturer at the end of the lease period) and regular capital outlay funds will be utilized for the related general construction costs (i.e., utility connections, sidewalks, ramps, phone/data lines, fire alarms, construction contingency).
We are currently seeking approval of a project ordinance in the amount of $8 million for Phase I of the construction of the Eastern Guilford High School replacement facility. The $8 million will cover design costs, soft costs (advertising fees, bid document reproduction costs, engineering/topography/boundary surveys, soil test borings), grading and parking. The funding sources for the project ordinance will be the $5 million in insurance proceeds received to date + $927,898 in Public School Building Capital Funds + $2,072,102 in state lottery proceeds.
We have requested that an item seeking approval of this project ordinance be placed on the County Commission agenda of January 18, 2007 subject to your approval of the item on January 9, 2007. In the event the ordinance is not approved by the Board of Education on January 9, 2007, we will contact the County and request that the item be pulled. We are handling this request in this manner due to the immediate need to have funds available to begin work on the replacement facility and meet the due date for submitting items to be placed on the County Commissioner agenda for consideration at the January 18th meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: I recommend board approval to authorize appropriate staff member(s) to appear before the County Commission on January 18, 2007 and request approval of the project ordinance as outlined above for Phase I of the construction of the Eastern Guilford High School replacement facility.
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