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2024-25 Capital Project Information

The LaFayette Central School District is excited to announce it's proposed Capital Project for 2024-25. The project goals are to improve air quality and air conditioning, to upgrade the kindergarten classroom bathrooms, to expand Big Picture project-based learning, to improve the Junior/Senior high school athletics spaces, and to upgrade building and site infrastructure to ensure accessibility, health and security.

Some dates to remember: 

October 9: Public Information Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the Big Picture School Commons
October 30: Capital Project vote, 1 - 9 p.m. at the junior/senior high school.  

The projected cost for the project totals $17.2 million, but is projected to have no local tax impact. Here is a breakdown of the projected costs: 
  • Capital Project Total: $17,200,000
  • NYS Building Aid Reimbursement: 87.0%
  • Capital Reserve Fund: $2,623,202
  • Estimated Native American Building Aid: $2,678,464
  • Capital Project Overall Local Share: $272,000
  • Estimated Tax Increase: $0 impact
 
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one-page summary of 2024-25 capital project plan


Below, you can see the scope of what is planned for the respective schools: 

Grimshaw Elementary School: 
  • Kindergarten Classroom Upgrades: Toilet Rooms and Select Finishes
  • First Floor Corridor Improvements
  • Air Quality Improvements/Air Condition: 1st Floor Classrooms
  • Second Floor Locker Replacements
  • BOCES Room Toilet Renovation
  • Grades 2-6 Playground ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Improvements
  • Masonry & Concrete Sill Restoration/Repair
  • Fire Alarm Replacement
  • Boiler Replacement

Junior/Senior High School: 
  • Big Picture School: Additional Classroom Space, Corridor Addition, and Culinary Renovation
  • Air Quality Improvements/Air Conditioning: 1st Floor Classrooms and Auxiliary Gym
  • Stadium Upgrades: Field and Site Lighting, Bleachers, Press Box, Access Road with ADA
  • Parking, and Track Infill with Grass
  • Locker Room Minor Renovations
  • Auxiliary Gym Wrestling Mat Storage
  • Entry Canopy Plaster Repair
  • Select Sidewalk Replacement
  • Wastewater Treatment Upgrades
  • Replace Door Monitoring Systems Replacements
  • Digital Controls Upgrades
  • Fire Alarm Upgrades

District Office/Bus Garage
  • Select Roof Replacement
  • Transportation Restroom Renovation
  • Door Replacement
  • Masonry Restoration
  • Guardrail Replacement
  • Repair Fuel Island Curbing
  • Existing HVAC Roof-Top Unit Replacement
  • Block Heater Receptacles for Buses
  • Replace Heaters in Bus Bays
Please click on the image below for more information on the proposed Capital Project, which includes maps and images: 
please click here to access the full 2024 capital project newsletter
        BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTING INFORMATION

        click here for Absentee Ballot Application
       - click here for Early Voting Ballot Application 
       - click here for Public Notice - Capital Project Vote Oct. 30, 2024

- click here for Capital Project Bond Resolution November 13, 2024

 


For any questions regarding the capital project, please contact the school at (315) 677-9728. 

Click here to view past capital project information. 


 
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