STEELE CREEK NEWS
Learn about CMS
Ten-Year Plan at Olympic High December 21
(December
16, 2006) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools expects to add 50,000
students in the next decade. To address this growing enrollment,
facilities staff have drafted a proposal that would build 63 new
schools. The plan would add 3,700 classrooms in 11 high, 13 middle,
and 39 elementary schools. The total cost is estimated to be $2.4
billion.
Among these are at
least five schools in Steele Creek. The highest priority is a new
elementary school in the Berewick community that is needed to
relieve Steele Creek Elementary School. The next priority is a new
elementary school adjacent to Palisades in the Red Fez Club Road
area. Other schools planned are middle and high schools near
Palisades and York Road and an elementary school at the intersection
of Hamilton Road and Smith Road.
The plan ranks
construction and renovation projects by priority. The top projects
in Steele Creek are:
8 -
New Elementary School at Dixie River Road (Berewick) -
$16,500,000
12 - Roofing at Kennedy Middle School - $368,500
24 - New elementary school in York Road/Red Fez area -
$16,500,000
25 - Roofing at Olympic - $350,000
28 - Track at Olympic - $350,000
45 - Electrical work at Olympic ' $562,143
53 - Stadium at Olympic - $5,025,000
CMS will hold a series of
community forums throughout the county to
gather input from citizens on the Ten-Year Plan. All meetings begin
at 6 p.m. The Board of Education will review the plan in January and
vote in February.
The remaining community forums for 10-year construction plan are as
follows:
Dec. 19 at Vance High School Media Center
Dec. 21 at Olympic High School Auditorium
(4301 Sandy Porter Road just north of Arrowood Road/Brown-Grier
Road)
Jan. 4 at Myers Park High School Auditorium
Jan. 11 at North Mecklenburg High School Auditorium
All Steele Creek
residents who are concerned about area schools should plan to attend
and voice their support for area projects.
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