What Will We Get For Our $168 MILLION?

I attended the April 10, 2013 meeting of the CH-UH Board Of Education's Lay Facilities Committee.

At that meeting, the consultants gave $ figures for Phase I, among other things.

Phase I is the high school, and the two middle schools that will be kept. Period. Full stop.

According to my notes, the consultants provided three cost estimates for Phase I: $168 MILLION, $162 MILLION, and $144 MILLION.

The high school alone was between $104 MILLION and $98.9 MILLION.

This November, you will be asked to vote in favor of a bond levy that will increase your annual taxes. I'd say $100 per year is a reasonable guesstimate for each homeowner.

So, tell me everything *you* know about how that $140 MILLION will be spent.

Or how the ever-growing $42 MILLION backlog (as of 2007) of health, safety, security, and education repairs at all 11 buildings will be addressed?

Or who will be overseeing this massive undertaking?

'Cause I haven't heard a peep about any of it. All I ever hear about is the elementary school debate. Which won't matter for 7 - 10 years, anyways.

9/3/2013 Errata:

1. The cost to each taxpayer per $100,000 of assessed value is actually over $200 per year.

2. Phase I is $154.8 MILLION

3. The 2007 backlog was actually $49.7 MILLION. The district cannot provide an updated figure.