The project includes 11 next-generation classrooms and labs for chemistry, biology, anatomy and more. Work will be ongoing throughout this school year with completion scheduled for the summer of 2017. The district’s construction partner, McCarthy Building Co., broke ground on the science wing in June. “It was a lot of work to ensure that we could secure the funds, but the strategic planning that we put in has paid off.” “We had our eye on obtaining this funding since we made the decision to rehab the shop buildings rather than build a brand new structure at Bella Vista,” director of Facilities, Construction & Modernization Brett Mitchell said. While the buildings have “good bones,” they were built before 1978 and were on the state’s seismic safety inventory list that was developed as part of AB300. The funding comes from Assembly Bill 300 (AB300), a 2002 bill that was passed by the legislature to help K-12 school districts mitigate costs to upgrade aging school buildings with needed seismic retrofits.īella Vista’s signature project - a next-generation science wing - is a reconstruction of two existing shop buildings on the northwest side of campus. San Juan Adult Education Sunrise Tech Center and Creekside Adult Centerīella Vista High School’s Measure N signature project has qualified for received approximately $2 million $2.3 million in state funding for seismic safety, saving district bond dollars.
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