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A Message from the Chairman
From the joint March 4 meeting and last Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting, it’s clear our commissioners made the right decision months ago not sending a half-baked Transylvania County Schools plan forward to do reduced work on three buildings.
Instead, March 11 the commissioners unanimously approved a well-researched, comprehensive 10-year plan which takes into account needs for all district buildings.
Everyone has agreed for some time our school buildings are in desperate need of improvement. That’s never been in question. The commissioners however were intent on not making a $68 million mistake based on an incomplete plan and crazy-high Covid-19 building costs.
“This is the first plan that has come to us that can go forward,” Commissioner Teresa McCall said March 11.
If Option 1 had gone to construction, it would not have addressed roof leaks at Brevard High School and critical needs with other school buildings.
“Now you have the opportunity to fix things and to do it right,” said retired Henderson County Schools Superintendent Bo Caldwell, a member of the Education Capital Work Group.
The work group’s proposal requires spending $94 million and that sum is expected to increase to $121 million with design, engineering, and site costs as well as a variety of fees, permits and insurance.
Thankfully the $68 million bond referendum monies were not squandered and are available to kickstart work on our most pressing needs.
Thank you commissioners for having the courage to wait and get this massive project on a coherent path forward.
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