The Crookston School District’s major building projects are progressing through the summer months, and former Superintendent Dave Kuehn, who is overseeing the projects, gave the school board an update on Monday. He updated the board on the High School/Middle School remodel, Preschool Addition, and the Outdoor multi-use facility.
HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL REMODEL
The Crookston School High School/Middle School remodeling project continues to move forward, with noticeable progress being made.
The remodeling of the media center area is nearly complete. The walls are up and are taped and textured. During the next two weeks, they will paint the walls, the suspended ceiling will be put in place, and the carpeting of rooms and hallways should be finished. The district has been given a move-in date of Monday, August 21, for the spaces, with final inspections happening on August 17 and 18. The Week of August 21 will be a busy week in terms of moving items into the new classrooms. When all is said and done, there will be six new classrooms for student use, two new office spaces (Special Ed), and a large open area/commons area for middle school students to access.
The new district office is ready and open for business, and some moving is still taking place. The only delay in the remodel project site is the installation of the cabinets that will go into the six new classrooms. Due to some changes that were made to the overall classroom space, the cabinet order needed to be changed, causing a minor delay in the making of these cabinets. The bases for the new cabinets will be built in August, with the actual cabinets being installed in mid-September. The installation will take place after school hours and/or on the weekend. The installation of the cabinets shouldn’t take more than a couple of days.
PRESCHOOL ADDITION AT HIGHLAND
The plumbing blueprints/specifications were approved by the State of Minnesota Friday, July 28.
The outer walls of the preschool addition are supposed to start going up this week. The majority of the July work (due to waiting for plumbing approval) has focused on the inside area on the east side of Highland, where the new addition will connect with the existing building. At this time, the project is still on pace for the planned work scheduled to be done before the snow starts to fall.
OUTDOOR MULTI-USE COMPLEX-
Gehrtz Construction will serve as the district’s construction management company for the new outdoor multi-use project. Gehrtz Construction will assist the school district with going out for bids on the construction part of this project ($3.5 million), as well as assist the district with the management of the work that will take place. The District has locked in prices for the artificial turf, the track surfacing, the bleacher and the pressbox ($1.5 million). The plan is to work with Gehrtz and Zerr-Berg (architect firm) on getting requests for bids on the remaining components (dirt work, concrete work, electrical, fencing, etc.). The request for bids will happen in either late August or early September with the goal of having a solid plan in place of what it will cost for this work and who will be doing the work by mid-September.
