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Building review archives
 Download
the 7-minute video summarizing the project
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the video
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Board of Education reduces final construction project scope
In November 2005, the
Board of Education unanimously decided to reduce the scope of the
building project to $94.5 million to maximize state aid.
Details
Student enrollment growing
In preparation for the facility review, student enrollment projections were
developed, projecting how many students would attend Niskayuna schools through 2009.
Those projections were updated in fall 2005.
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Read a
summary of the updated findings
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Read the
updated projection documents (this is an Excel document)
Facility
review study
Read the District Facility Renewal and Preservation Committee's 282-page study
(completed in January 2005), which found a potential for up to $115 million in
construction, from building additional classroom space, to replacing leaking roofs and
inefficient 50-year-old heating systems. Read the study
Study overview -- the basics
The winter 2004-05 edition of Your Schools (mailed to residents in
February 2005) contains facility study highlights. Download the newsletter (this is a PDF
document), or read a section:
• Building review process overview: Study
identifies major facility needs, including expansion
• Construction needs by school level
• What it would cost local taxpayers
• Temporary measures for overcrowding
December 20 and January 3 presentation synopses
The District Facility Renewal and
Preservation Committee presented its findings to
the Board of Education on December 20, 2004 and
January 3, 2005. Read a synopsis of each meeting:
December 20
(focusing on elementary school needs) and
January 3
(focusing on high school and middle school
needs)
Meeting
minutes from the District Facility Renewal and
Preservation Committee can be downloaded
below (these are all PDF documents). The group, which has about 30 community,
parent and staff members, compiled reviews
performed by school teams and the High School
Task Force, and made recommendations to the
Board of Education (see presentation synopses
above).
-November
3, 2004 minutes
-October
13, 2004 minutes
-October
6, 2004 minutes
-September
13, 2004 minutes
-July
7, 2004 minutes
-June
17, 2004 minutes
-June
9, 2004 minutes
-June
2, 2004 minutes
-May
26, 2004 minutes
-May
19, 2004 minutes
Read
a facility review process letter sent to all
parents in late October 2004, from
Superintendent Kevin Baughman
Parent
letter
Board examines 3 high school options
At early meetings, the Board of Education examined three options for renovation and addition to the high school. Architectural
drawings of those options can be downloaded here (these are PDF documents):
Option A
Option B
Option C
the high school's current layout
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