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Friday, January 23, 2015
Exeter-Milligan Third Grade Class Happenings
Troy Kallhoff uses his Ipad to record Andrew Vavra giving
his presentation on an inventor.
Exeter-Milligan third graders in Ms. Pohl’s classroom start
their day by writing several sentences in their journals. Here Troy
Kallhoff, left, and Savana Krupicka work on their journals.
Above -The Exeter-Milligan third grade class front row left to
right: Savannah Horne, Amarah Carr, Taylor Pribyl and Savana
Krupicka. Back row left to right: Josh Meyer, Andrew Vavra, Troy
Kallhoff, Tyler Due, Dravin Birkes, Draven Payne, Devin Harrison, Trenton
Vossler and Ms. Casey Pohl.
Below -The Exeter-Milligan third grade class enjoyed a sunny
winter afternoon on the playground in Milligan.
Above: Dravin Birkes, Andrew Vavra and Savana Krupicka watch the
video they recorded with a green screen background.
Below: Josh Meyer (left) and Devin Harrison (right) work on
cue card posters about the inventor they researched before they make a video
presentation.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Exeter-Milligan School Board Holds Special Meeting About Project
Superintedent Paul Sheffield (front) points out the existing elementary classrooms on a board with the new addition. Behind him from the left are school board members Jim Zeleny and Tim Pribyl along with Clark Enerson Partners Architect Tim Ripp and audience members.
The Exeter-Milligan School Board held a special meeting on
Monday, January 19th to present to the community their current plans
for a school addition.
The audience of close to 50 district patrons were given a
power point presentation by Superintendent Paul Sheffield that outlined the
priorities needed, the costs and payment plans for the project, and the
proposed building plans.
Wish lists that the board pooled from district employees,
community members and government regulations included moving all of the
classroom space out of the basement, a new community weight room and classroom,
life and safety updates (sprinklers) along with a new preschool area to meet
square footage requirements.
All of the items were included in the plans which would be
academically based with a new band/music room, art room, community classroom,
preschool space, and Spanish classroom but added were a concession area along
with a commons area behind the current stage, a new kitchen storage area
between the kitchen and the south side of the gym and two new breezeway
entrances into the gym (the current main entrance would be remodeled to make it
a true breezeway and an entrance on the south end of the gym would be added as
well).
Sheffield next presented the payment options for the project
that is estimated to cost $3.25 million. Of that total the
community area – including the fitness room, the classroom and the preschool
room are expected to cost $1.5 million and the E-M school classroom area is
expected to cost $1.25 million. The rest of the costs would be accrued in a new
electrical room and the concession and commons area that will connect the
addition to the existing building.
Funding options will include the Joint Public Agency (JPA)
funds that have already been collected through property tax. Currently,
Sheffield noted, the JPA account has $500,000 in it. These funds must be
used to pay off bonds that are issued for a community building project and they
plan to take out $1.5 million in bonds to pay for the project.
“By State statue the school can levy up to .14 cents to pay
for building and in our 2014-15 budget we did levy 13.955. Currently we
have $750,000 in our building fund and will have $800,000 more at the end of
this year’s budget, along with the JPA money and the bonds we plan to pay for
this project in four years,” explained Sheffield.
Architects Tim Ripp, Adam Post and Pat Capek from the firm
Clark Enerson Partners were on hand to offer detailed information on the 16,000
square foot project. They presented both a power point visual of the
planned project and shared drawings for the audience to examine. The
architects also took audience questions about the project. The architects
pointed out that the community space would be able to be closed off from the
rest of the school so that it could be used during the day by the community without
interfering with students.
Sheffield noted that a year-long fitness pass for community
members will be $72 for a single person and $120 for a family.
One of the concerns expressed by audience members was the
lack of a theatre and no additional seating in the gym. There was quite a
bit of discussion on the gym seating and one of the options that was presented
was the additional entrance on the south side of the gym. Sheffield
noted, “We hope that we can bring the visitors into the gym on that side so
that they will sit on the visitors side instead of sitting in the gym right
when they come in the way they do now. Putting in new bleachers would
reduce our seating capacity by 75-100 because of ADA compliance.”
Another concern of the audience was the Milligan school
site. Sheffield explained, “Right now we have not addressed putting money
into the Milligan building. . .we are committed to keeping a presence in both
communities.”
Sheffield noted that part of the motivation in removing the
students from the basement of the current building is a safety issue. “It is a
100 year old building. We have had ceiling come down, we’ve had water and
sewer issues. This room (the band room) along with the rest of the
building is not ADA compliant. This would be the first step in becoming
ADA compliant.”
The audience asked what would happen to the empty basement
and Sheffield noted it would most likely be used for storage. “The
current kitchen storage right next to the gym would become PE storage. We
currently have a PE grant and we have gotten a lot of equipment with the
grant. It would be so much more convenient for Darcy to have storage here
rather than under the stage.”
Family Consumer Science teacher Mary Lou Vossler commented,
“I have two children who graduated from here. Our education world is a
lot different today that it was when I was in school, our needs our
different. Square footage is different and we have more regulations to
follow. This addition is a great thing for our school plus we have something
for the community to use. How awesome is that. . . we have to look to the
future and invest like other generations did for us unless we want to be
trucking down the road 20 miles and have no say in what happens.”
Brian Murphy, History teacher and coach also spoke,
“Ultimately the final question is, is it going to better for our kids’
education? Yes. It’s been two or three years in the making, let’s get
this done. Is it worth $3.5 million? Yes! We have skipped 40 years
of doing anything to this building and we are basically
[going to be] paying .04 [over 4 or 5 years,] so we need to do something. We got out of it for too long.”
[going to be] paying .04 [over 4 or 5 years,] so we need to do something. We got out of it for too long.”
Board member Adam Erdkamp added, “This project is a stepping
stone. Let’s do something we can make a big impact with. If we
finish this and our population levels out we can go on to the next step.
I think we have to think about the kids we have here now and give them the best
experience we can. That’s what our goal is with this project.”
School board president Sharon Kuska closed the meeting
stating, “We have to make the best of what we have available and make sure
there is a future here for them.”
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