The district needs a new facility for middle school students, grades 6-8. The current facility was built as a high school and does not adequately meet the curriculum and program needs for middle school age students. There are not enough classrooms in the main building to house all the students. The Middle School has 6 lunch periods to serve its 780 students. Middle School students are not allowed to leave campus for lunch unless accompanied by their parent or guardian.
Technology based curriculum needs require extensive wiring and networking.
The old Middle School was not built in 1948 for cabling requirements. The media center is two to three times undersized for the number of students on campus or adequate for access to worldwide resources via the computer and internet. Three of the existing elementary sites were built over 50 years ago and two were built over 25 years ago. Improvements in air conditioning, heating lighting and electrical service are needed at Horace Mann, Jefferson, and Sequoyah. Thermal windows will replace all windows at the Wilson site and improved drainage will be done to the Will Rogers site.