By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
With the St. Joseph school district bond issue just around the corner, St. Jospeh school officials say there are a few things you should know before voting.
Project Executive with McCrownGordon Construction Chris Hess then says renovating an existing building is a faster option.
"If you look at building a new high school on a new sight, you're looking at about three years from the time the bond would pass its about one year of design and then two years of construction," Hess tells St. Joseph Post.
Hess says the American Family building is ready for renovations.
"Verses American Family is, in essence, the structure's there the infrastructure's there so you pretty much get to start renovating the building right off," says Hess.
Hess says a new high school would take a year longer to build than renovating the American Family Headquarters.
"High school number two would be operational by summer of 2023 as opposed to new construction would be the following summer," says Hess.
Hess says there will be space left unused at the American Family Headquarters that can be used in the future.
"In the future, once the district has a need, there might be an opportunity just to continue to expand programs there," says Hess.
The 107-Million Dollar bond issue is on this coming April 6th ballot.