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Board member wants opinion on Lincoln School
By Jennifer Nichols, NT Staff Writer
ATLANTIC - At least one Atlantic School Board Member said he would like more information about Lincoln School from the architectural firm working on a 10-year facility plan before making a decision about a possible childcare center being put on the property.
AHS Board Member John Martens said he would like to have architects from Design Alliance, Inc. look at the Lincoln School and give the board more information before making a decision about the school offering the site to members of the Southwest Iowa Family Services (SWIFS) use the site on a grant application for a Community Development Block Grant for a proposed childcare facility. SWIFS members have talked to board members several times making this request.
“We are proposing that the school make available to SWIFS a building site to enable us to carry this project forward,” Hal Gronewold, SWIFS representative, told the board in July. “We need to identify a site to enable our architect to develop a sketch of the center which we need to submit with an application for a CDGB grant due this fall. We are recommending the old Lincoln Elementary property as the preferred site, primarily because building it elsewhere on the school campus would contribute to traffic congestion and disturb the aesthetics of the existing campus configuration. Our sampling of opinions lead us to believe the Lincoln site would be well received by the community, particularly if this project could tie in with any future development plans that the school might have at this location.”
Atlantic Superintendent Dr. Wendy Prigge said one other architect has looked at the Lincoln School building, and considered it a “salvageable building,” and assumed officials from Design Alliance, Inc. would say the same thing. Regardless of the decision board members make about the childcare facility, Prigge said, the building needs some maintenance, including on the roof, on the heating system and for a drainage problem. Prigge said the parking lot is seven inches higher than the floor of the building, and when it rains it drains into the school, and during a previous meeting, Maintenance Supervisor Russell Peck said the roof on the building had “less than a year (life)” in it. Members of SWIFS offered to help with costs associated with the building if the childcare facility does get built at that location, because they felt parts of the building would need to be utilized by children at the facility. For example, they said officials at the childcare might need to use the gym at the school, especially during inclement weather.
Board Member Dennis Davis asked what the timeline was for Design Alliance, Inc. officials to finish all their research on all buildings in the district because the school will have a lot of work to do after projects to do are selected, such as collecting bids and choosing a contractor for a particular project. Prigge said she would contact Design Alliance, Inc., and ask for a date when he will return to talk to the board again.
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AHS Board Member John Martens said he would like to have architects from Design Alliance, Inc. look at the Lincoln School and give the board more information before making a decision about the school offering the site to members of the Southwest Iowa Family Services (SWIFS) use the site on a grant application for a Community Development Block Grant for a proposed childcare facility. SWIFS members have talked to board members several times making this request.
“We are proposing that the school make available to SWIFS a building site to enable us to carry this project forward,” Hal Gronewold, SWIFS representative, told the board in July. “We need to identify a site to enable our architect to develop a sketch of the center which we need to submit with an application for a CDGB grant due this fall. We are recommending the old Lincoln Elementary property as the preferred site, primarily because building it elsewhere on the school campus would contribute to traffic congestion and disturb the aesthetics of the existing campus configuration. Our sampling of opinions lead us to believe the Lincoln site would be well received by the community, particularly if this project could tie in with any future development plans that the school might have at this location.”
Atlantic Superintendent Dr. Wendy Prigge said one other architect has looked at the Lincoln School building, and considered it a “salvageable building,” and assumed officials from Design Alliance, Inc. would say the same thing. Regardless of the decision board members make about the childcare facility, Prigge said, the building needs some maintenance, including on the roof, on the heating system and for a drainage problem. Prigge said the parking lot is seven inches higher than the floor of the building, and when it rains it drains into the school, and during a previous meeting, Maintenance Supervisor Russell Peck said the roof on the building had “less than a year (life)” in it. Members of SWIFS offered to help with costs associated with the building if the childcare facility does get built at that location, because they felt parts of the building would need to be utilized by children at the facility. For example, they said officials at the childcare might need to use the gym at the school, especially during inclement weather.
Board Member Dennis Davis asked what the timeline was for Design Alliance, Inc. officials to finish all their research on all buildings in the district because the school will have a lot of work to do after projects to do are selected, such as collecting bids and choosing a contractor for a particular project. Prigge said she would contact Design Alliance, Inc., and ask for a date when he will return to talk to the board again.
COMMENTS ON THESE STORIES ARE WELCOME, BUT FULL NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE POSTING FOR VERIFICATION, BEFORE THEY WILL BE RUN. PHONE NUMBERS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. THANK YOU.
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