MITCHELL - NOVEMBER 17, 2022 - The capital improvement project is moving forward at the Mitchell Community Schools system. Work continues on the Baseball, Softball fields, Maintenace Building, and transforming the school buildings for other types of classes and students.
This includes being more inclusive to all students with the weight room being transformed to accommodate the special needs students.
The Junior High School have STEM and STEAM classrooms will address the needs of the new expanding curriculum.
Work at Mitchell Community School continues with several capital improvement projects
The capital improvement project includes over $16.8 Million with no tax increase to taxpayers. In fact, over the next year, the taxpayers will receive small tax decrease despite all of the improvements underway. The cost of the project may be an over the proposed cost with fees, bond interest rates and other unforeseeable costs.
At this time the costs are still a little under what was anticipated.
Workers continue to get the baseball field at Mitchell complete - winter weather may soon slow down some of the work until spring
The football field got a new turf with a new concession area.
Mitchell Bluejackets play on the new turf field earlier this year at the Terry Cole Field
There have been a few setbacks including the delay of delivery of some steel beams for the fieldhouse.
Safety and traffic improvements at Hatfield Elementary and Burris Elementary will be addressed as the capital improvement projects continue with a three-year time frame
Contractors continue to work before winter keeps prevents them from being able to work.
List of projects include:
Auxiliary gym with concession for $5 Million
Elementary school traffic improvements for $1.1 Million
Roofing projects $1,022,000
Athletic improvements - Practice facility $1,100,000
Terry Cole Field Turf Project - $850,000
Infield turf project for both baseball and softball fields - $1.5 Million
Maintenance building - $1 Million
Junior and High School roofing - $765,000
HVAC/Chiller - $100,000
STEAM/LAB Renovations - $100,000
Work at the Mitchell Baseball field
Mitchell school buses depart the elementary schools Thursday afternoon
New softball turf field, concession area and fieldhouse are all in the being added at the Mitchell Community School property off of Hancock Avenue in Mitchell.
Mitchell Community School Superintendent informed the school board members of the status of all the building projects and is thrilled to see the progress at this time.
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