Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Lexington-Richland 5 Board of Trustees voted 6-1 for final approval of 8 percent capital projects budget Monday night.
The Lexington-Richland 5 Board of Trustees approved the district's capital projects budget for 2012-2013 fiscal year, with the focus on funding for technology. "We're hoping to be able to equip all of our students and teachers with the technologies that are appropriate for teaching and learning," Superintendent Dr. Stephen Hefner said during Monday night's regular meeting. "We're focusing on a proposal for using technology to enhance and increase our students access and teachers access to technology and to improve instruction," he said. With a 6-1 vote, the board approved a budget of $15,392,183 minus $1.7 million in unbudgeted funds from 8 percent bonds sold last year. The remaining of the proposed capital budget for fiscal year 2012-…
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Lexington-Richland 5 Board of Trustees voted 6-1 to approve conceptual designs for Phase 2 of Irmo and Dutch Fork high school renovations.
Updated, 5:23 p.m. The conceptual designs for Phase 2 at Irmo and Dutch Fork high schools were approved at the board's regular meeting Monday night. The total cost for both projects is $37,519,238. View the designs in the attached .pdf file to the right. Before the board voted 6-1 to approve the designs, board member Kim Murphy made a motion to continue the discussion of the projects and defer the vote in order to allow Superintendent Dr. Stephen Hefner to submit the projects for review according to the board's policy on a capital improvements committee. Policy FB, which can be found in the .pdf file to the right on the article, states that "a capital improvements review committee will be established to recommend priorities for the …
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Leaphart Elementary School
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Lexington-Richland 5 continues with Chapin High School renovations.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled Wednesday in favor of Lexington-Richland Five in the latest appeal concerning renovations at Chapin High School. In the case Kim Murphy vs. School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court's order to uphold DHEC’s issuance of a Water Quality Certification to District 5. Murphy had appealed court rulings allowing the district to move forward with a $45.9 million renovation project. Murphy's appeals called for the district to refrain "from any irreversible damage to the protected headwaters stream" located on the property. This stream is part of an unnamed tributary that…
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Lexington-Richland 5 reviews school facility plans in the district, approves several projects.
The Lexington-Richland 5 board on Monday approved proceeding with the first phase of projects at Irmo and Dutch Fork high schools with a total budget of $4.8 million. Six board members voted to approve the plans that district officials say will address traffic and parking, create a new student drop off route and redefine entry points onto campus. Board member Kim Murphy voted against the motion to approve the plans. Murphy, who said she wasn't against the projects, had concerns about the budget and wanted more time to discuss the plans. Phase I plans at Irmo are budgeted for $1,450,000 while Dutch Fork's budget is $3,350,000. A copy of the proposed plan can be viewed on the right. The renovations at the two schools are part of the district…
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John H
9:38 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A budget to spend millions of dollars derived from bonds, giving the children very expensive devices that are obsolete by the time they are paid for. The taxpayers pay millions of dollars to support, maintain, update and repair them. Who covers the cost when they get lost and broken? There are lots of questions. This district does not have enough money to staff and maintain the new facilities … more ›