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What facilities and maintenance items will be addressed?
The movement of .25 cents in 2024-2025 from the debt service members of our community are currently paying will allow us to address critical capital project needs for the safety of students and staff, and effective continuation of teaching and learning throughout the District.
The district has approximately $2,391,500 in needed repairs today for heating and cooling. The estimate is not a full replacement, instead it is a phase 1 replacement of items needing replacement today. The estimate also does not include any boilers, fluid coolers, or refrigeration equipment. The estimate includes a repair budget of $534,000.00 for De Soto High School, $86,000.00 for the Early Childhood Center, $28,500.00 for the Central Office, $967,000.00 for Athena Elementary, $751,000.00 for Vineland Elementary, and $25,000.00 for the bus garage.
The district conducted a roof assessment in 2018 indicating the district was in need of roof replacements. A total roof replacement cost at that time was $4,651,226.55.
Below you can click on the side arrow to see an aerial picture of each building.
Combining the $4,651,266.55 in roofing needs with $2,391,500 in HVAC repairs needed today, the district would need $7,042,766.55. In addition to these costs, during a recent inspection, our exterior stadium bleachers failed to pass, requiring a full replacement at an estimated cost of $500,000 to $1,000,000.
Classroom promethean boards need replacements in virtually all classrooms along with upgrades to our technology infrastructure. The combination of all these needs is approximately $8.5 million of things we needed yesterday.
Current condition
in several rooms
What all rooms should have
Current condition
in several rooms
The ability of being able to shift twenty five cents in tax year 2025 if supported by our community would generate approximately $570,000 per year based upon 100 percent collection using the 2021 assessed valuation. This means that if the ballot measure was approved by voters, the money would be available in 2025 for the district to use. If we started to complete the projects in 2025 based upon the current number used above, without any consideration for inflation, it would take until 2040 to complete all of the work. The levy transfer of .25 cents will allow us to work to complete the items listed above over the course of the next fifteen years as well as address issues that arise between now and then.
A supported tax increase of twenty five cents by our community would allow the district to provide a more competitive salary and living wage through the increase in base salary of approximately $1500 per full time employee. Our students deserve to have highly qualified individuals from the bus driver to the classroom teacher on a daily basis and De Soto staff deserves to be able to make a living wage.
The Schools We Need Now For The Future We Want.
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