Completed Projects

SVUSD's Technology Integration aims to ensure 100 percent of the District's schools are properly equipped for students to have a technology-enriched learning environment. Our high school graduates will be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media, and technology and can use that technology as a tool to effectively communicate information in today’s knowledge-based economy.

At the start of each school year, students receive a Chromebook to use in and outside of classes at Buena High School. Students return their Chromebooks at the end of the school year. All teachers receive proper training and resources to effectively integrate appropriate technology — including hardware, software, and internet — in order for students to acquire the skills they need to be effective 21st century citizens and workers.

The replacement cost for a Chromebook is $210. Students must sign a form acknowledging their responsibility for their Chromebook. Students automatically receive insurance for the computer for the school year by paying a $35 fee. If they wish to decline the insurance, parents must sign a form. Insurance for students who qualify for low-income assistance may be covered by McKinney-Vento program for homeless students if the family can’t afford it.

Bond funds were used to purchase about 2,200 Chromebooks for Buena High School students. IT costs related to this are $4,793,984.83. Completion of this project is estimated to take an additional $1,829,635.17.

A Buena High School teacher uses a "digital whiteboard" during her instruction.

A Buena High School teacher uses a "digital whiteboard" during her lesson about the volume of spheres.

Joyce Clark Middle School

As part of SVUSD's 1:1 Project, the District purchased 880 Chromebooks at a cost of $484,000 for the students of JCMS. The Chromebooks are kept in mobile labs and students may not take the computers home.

Elementary Schools

As of July 2019, SVUSD had purchased 4,068 Chromebooks for the District's elementary school students. Carts with the computers are assigned to each teacher and just like at JCMS, students may not take the computers home.

Bella Vista: 540 Chromebooks (36 per classroom x 15 classrooms)
Carmichael: 612 Chromebooks (36 per classroom x 17 classrooms)
Huachuca Mountain: 864 Chromebooks (36 per classroom x 21 classrooms)
Pueblo del Sol: 756 (36 per classroom x 21 classrooms)
Town and Country: 540 Chromebooks (36 per classroom x 15 classrooms)
Village Meadows: 756 (36 per classroom x 21 classrooms)

The District also purchased Google Chrome licenses, security filter licenses, and 3-year accidental damage warranties for each Chromebook.

Transportation

First bond sale transportation expenditures: $3,034,350.00, which comprised the purchase of five special needs buses, ten 84-passenger Blue Bird buses, four mini buses, three vehicles, and one bus lift.

Second bond sale expenditures: $1,819,342.83, which comprised the purchase of two 55-passenger special needs buses, a 48-passenger special needs bus, and nine 84-passenger Blue Bird buses.

Total budgeted: $5.1 million

>>View the first bond sale's Master Plan list of transportation capital improvements

Buses

At the time the bond passed, about 50 percent of SVUSD's bus fleet of buses were 15 years old or older; running them was becoming very maintenance intensive. Several of the older buses were so out of date that often, parts for repairing them no longer existed. Keeping these vehicles running was becoming such a problem that the District had to “cannibalize” parts from other out-of-service buses just to keep some of them running.

The newly purchased buses have air conditioning, which greatly enhances comfort and safety both when in local operation or on longer road trips. The old buses did not have AC.

These vehicles serve additional purposes too: the larger buses are equipped with underneath storage areas that allow large groups (such as the football team or the band), to store equipment under the bus. The special needs buses and mini buses can be used for smaller groups to travel to official local and out-of-town functions, or for events involving smaller groups, such as golf, tennis, track, and debate teams.

District vehicles

A car, an SUV, and a minivan were purchased.

Bus lift

The District purchased a bus lift to aid in accessing the underbellies of SVUSD's bus fleet.

The District now owns three white vehicles: a sedan, a sport utility vehicle, and a minivan.

The District now owns a sedan, a sport utility vehicle, and a minivan.

Pictured: SVUSD Food Services Program Manager Benito Zamudio shows the interior of the District's new refrigerated truck, which was purchased using bond funds.

Refrigerated truck

Recently, SVUSD ordered and received a new refrigerated truck to help our Child Nutrition Services Deparment transport food items safely to our schools. It is USDA and FDA compliant; has overlapping panels to guarantee that moisture, dirt, or bacteria cannot penetrate; and is easy to clean and maintain. It has a rear view camera, Bluetooth technology for hands-free communication, and can be plugged in for use as an emergency freezer.

Maintenance/Construction

The first bond sale had an estimated expense of $7,360,000 for maintenance and construction-related projects.

>>View the first bond sale's Master Plan list of maintenance/construction capital improvements

Districtwide

Interior and exterior drinking fountains

Three SVUSD elementary schools now have new drinking fountains. The fountain in the cafeteria at Carmichael Elementary School fills up water bottles. It has a counter that shows how many plastic bottles have been saved—they are currently over 3,500 and counting!

Paving

New paving was done at certain areas at JCMS and in the Buena High School gym fire lane.

A photo of the Carmichael Elementary School water fountain that also fills up water bottles to cut back on disposable plastic bottle usage.

Bella Vista Elementary School

Roof recoating

Buena High School

Installation of curtains in the Klein Center

Installation of security doors

Carmichael Elementary School

HVAC unit replacement

Replacing the ageing HVAC systems was a great improvement over the maintenance-intensive systems that were in use at these schools. Often, parts for repairing the older HVAC systems no longer existed and keeping them running was becoming a serious problem.

ADA-compliant bathrooms

Joyce Clark Middle School

HVAC unit replacement

Library renovation

Joyce Clark Middle School was built in the early 1980s. By 2016, the school library was in desperate need of new carpet, furniture, and paint. Thanks to $85,891.26 in repairs and updates it is now an inviting place to learn!

Pictured: Bond Oversight Committee Member Marge Carrithers, SVUSD Governing Board Vice President Connie Johnson, Joyce Clark Middle School Principal Roger Hill, and SVUSD Governing Board Member Yulonda Boutte stop for a photo in the middle school's newly renovated library.

Village Meadows Elementary School

Multipurpose building

The District held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Village Meadows multipurpose building in February 2019. The room has been in operation since and is being used effectively for numerous functions. The total cost was $1,273,000

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