A St. Louis company will help Dexter schools plan for a possible $15 million bond measure that could go before voters in April and might touch a variety of projects district wide.
A letter of intent was approved by the board Oct. 16 with the CTS Group, according to Superintendent C.A. Counts.
CTS helps provide safe and secure learning and working environments by optimizing building efficiencies and implementing necessary infrastructure improvements, according to their website.
The company was one of two St. Louis firms that responded to a request for qualifications, Counts said.
CTS has been involved with more common renovations projects, including an auditorium in Holcomb, he said. The second company was McKinstry.
The district will now begin looking at projects already identified by the long range planning committee, Counts said.
CTS is expected to hold a preliminary meeting with administration and possibly attend the November board meeting.
"We're going to start working with them to kind of get a little more of a scope for what we can do for our bonding capacity. Now we'll start talking a little bit more on the price and the figuring of what we will actually be able to do with this bond money," Counts said following a special board meeting held Oct. 5 to approve CTS as the performance contractor.
The fee for CTS will be 8 percent of total construction costs.
No decisions have been made concerning the exact amount of a possible bond issue, or what specific projects will be included.
The following projects have been identified as needs by the long range committee:
Southwest Elementary
* Addition of four early childhood classrooms and two regular classrooms.
Central Elementary
* Addition of two classrooms and a gymnasium
Middle School
* Cafeteria/kitchen expansion and renovation
* Parking lot expansion
High School
* Auditorium renovation
* Cafeteria and lobby renovation
* Vo Ag renovation and expansion
District
* Renovation/reconstruction of track and lower football seating area
* Add turf to football field
* New football fieldhouse with locker rooms
* District security at all campuses
In other business, during the Oct. 16 meeting, the board also:
* Approved the 2018 A+ report.
* Approved the 2018 summer school report.
* Approved a final draft of the 2017-18 audit.
* Discussed Veterans Day programs, which will be held at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 9.
* Heard reports from school nurses, the building principals and the superintendent.
* Set the next meeting for 6 p.m. Nov. 20.
* Employed the following substitute teachers for the 2018-19 year, Tiffany Kyle; Kristen Vincent; and Miranda Warner.