Bill said, no, the district is only required to provide bussing to the closest neighborhood school, but the district does provide a substantial amount of bussing for children with special needs which is very costly and makes up about half of the 4J transportation fleet. As requested by the committee, Bill provided an opinion from a facilities management perspective regarding which 4J building are most in need of replacement. Bill said he and approximately 10 members of the Facilities staff arrived at a consensus regarding which schools should be replaced first, listed in alphabetical order. In alphabetical order. First number after name is date of original building.
Second number is date of last addition.
Most exterior doors are wooden and are warped and don t shut well, the casings and the wood behind the casings are rotting, making it hard to get door locks set. Galen asked Bill which nine schools would be on the top end versus which nine schools would be on the bottom end. Referring to the charge to the committee from the Board of Education, Jim said there are six factors in the charge, many which have not been used as primary consideration in compiling this list. He emphasized that this list is from a facilities management perspective, and is not the final list. Bill encouraged the committee to take some tours of buildings within the district.