CONTINUED FROM: Page A1 issue passing. Passing a bond issue is cheaper than doing nothing.'
The second point he visits with people about is, 'Our current schools have no storm shelters. Safety is a huge aspect to this,' he said he tells people.
He indicated that is because, 'It will make it dramatically safer because of what all is included in the bond proposal. Our PE facility will be just down the hallway, not a block and a half away.'
Buchanan, in addressing the third point, describes the bond proposal as 'the most efficient option.'
The superintendent said, 'Currently, our campus is more than 200,000 square feet. We are heating, cooling, and lighting that much space. We have water and sewer lines throughout that space that we have to repair.'
He said the new campus would be 68,000 square feet, one third of the current size, emphasizing, 'It will contain all the footage we need. We will have the number of classrooms and offices we need,' Buchanan believes, 'Our buildings can't provide the efficiency that's needed. We can't get enough electricity out of these buildings. One campus was built in the late 50's and one in the late 60's. Basically, they are over 60 years old.'
Buchanan said his answer to people who inquire why don't school officials just renovate what they have now, is 'because it's substantially more expensive to renovate the present buildings than to build a new campus. It's cheaper to build the campus at one time.'