Fort Ann Central School District

PROJECTED TIMELINE


FUNDING

The project will be funded through the use of New York State Building Aid, unappropriated fund balance, and the issuance of serial bonds. By scheduling the new debt service payments to coincide with retiring debt service payments, the net local share of the project will result in no additional tax impact. 

INFASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

• Reconstruct pavement for drainage

• Add drainage piping at rear entrance

• Fix water infiltration in basement

• Replace hot water heaters

• Slate roofing reconstruction

• Exterior woodwork reconstruction and flashing

• Replace gym doors and hardware and exterior doors

• Replace roof of bus garage

• Replace main furnace and air handling unit in bus garage

•      Renovate bus garage

INFASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

• Renovate main parking lot and bus loop

• Add Emergency generator

• Add Fuel Tank monitor leak detection in bus garage

•      Upgrade public address system

•      Reconstruct exterior gym stairs

•      Add landing at rear exterior of band and tech rooms

LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS

• Replace six electrical panels

• Replace gym lighting and add switches

• Upgrade lighting fixtures in bus garage

• Upgrade emergency/exit lighting in bus garage

ENHANCEMENTS TO LEARNING SPACES

• Renovate special education classroom restroom so it is handicap accessible

• Relocate Fitness room 

• Repurpose old fitness center into Makerspace

• Upgrade sound system in auditorium

•      Install new bleachers in old gym

•      Add air conditioning to High School computer lab

BUS LOOP & DRAINAGE 

The proposed Capital Improvement Project seeks to relocate the bus loop from the rear entrance of the school to the front of the main entrance to improve safety and solve several drainage issues that are having a negative impact on the building. 

The pavement in the rear parking lot was not intended for the weight of school buses, and as a result, the asphalt is failing. The parking lot in front of the school was built for bus traffic, so the architects have recommended a new configuration that will make the best use of our infrastructure.  

The parking lot in front of the main entrance to the school would be redesigned for a peel-away staging zone for the buses. Bus drivers will park on a diagonal in a designated slip, and children will know which slip their bus is in every day. Exiting the parking lot will not require drivers to use reverse. 

Between the new bus staging area and the visitor parking lot, there will be a concrete and grass buffer with drainage mechanisms. Approximately 20 parking spaces will be relocated in two areas: the front parking lot will be enlarged (almost as an extension of Catherine Street), and new spaces will be created in the rear parking lot. The existing catch basin in the front parking lot will get a new inlet, and an additional catch basin will be installed. This will prevent water from pooling near the main entrance to the school. Potholes and cracked pavement will be repaired in the front parking lot. 

The parking lot at the rear entrance will be re-graded to slope away from the school building. Water has been seeping under the door and down the stairs, ruining the metal stairwell and causing damage to items stored in the basement. A new catch basin will be installed at the rear corner of the building, which will tie into existing lines. Another new catch basin will be installed near the exterior band room stairs, and the storm drain system will be extended along the edge of the fields to an outlet at the edge of the property. 

Existing pavement and striping near the back of the High School entrance will remain as is, but the damaged areas will receive full-depth asphalt replacement and striping.  

UPDATES

As the Capital Improvement Project progresses, we will be posting updates in the document container below: