Preschool building approved
Staff writer
The Hillsboro school district’s smallest students soon will have a new space to call home.
The school board Monday approved 26 subcontracting bids for a bond project that will see construction of a preschool building at Hillsboro Elementary.
The building also will be the school’s storm shelter.
Bids were submitted by Wichita-based DCS Services at a total cost of $2,594,231.36.
“With all those projects combined, it actually came in under our projected costs,” superintendent Clint Corby said. “We were pleased with that.”
Preschool classes have been housed in two classrooms within the elementary building.
“We’re very tight on space in our elementary school,” Corby said.
The addition will allow faculty members more room to work, as well.
“Being able to put speech therapists and physical therapists in a space of their own and not a shared space will really help with our programming,” Corby said.
The building will not come with an increase in student enrollment.
Construction ideally would begin at the end of June.
The building should hold up well in the event of extreme weather, Corby said.
The architectural company that designed the building, Schultz Squared, is widely known for its work designing tornado shelters.
Co-owner Corey Schultz wrote part of the original FEMA code that outlines construction of community shelters.