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<DIV>Visioneers,</DIV>
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<DIV>I went to the school districts office today and asked for a copy of the cost estimate worksheet of $20,500,000.00 retro fit on the existing High School. You know the flyer we all got at the open house.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was told by the district, "all I know is about a $400,000.00 retro fit."</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/facilities/04-09-27ArchitectsCostEst.pdf">http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/facilities/04-09-27ArchitectsCostEst.pdf</A></DIV>
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<DIV>This link is to: The Facilities Planning Committee Summary of Cost Estimates, dated 9-27-04 which indeed states a "<STRONG>remodel</STRONG>" of the existing High School to encompass 900 students at a cost estimate of: $20,500,000.00. Now, to me this seems awfully high when you can build a brand spanking new high school on 40 acres to encompass 900 students for only $23,400,000.00. So, I checked further and found that the reason the "<STRONG>remodel</STRONG>" is so close to the "brand spanking new high school on 40 acres is because the architect was instructed by the school district to bid it as though it were equivalent to a brand new spanking HS. NOT A REMODEL. Kindda like, "so, bid it as though it were brand spanking new." In other words it was a "directive" from the Facilites Committee that they are to bid the existing HS "equivalent" to a brand spanking new HS.</DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Architect:</STRONG>
<P>I take any question that you might have and give you the backup info you need for why we did it that way. It was a comparative analysis – directive by the FPC. <SPAN>What are we going to do at the existing HS is the equivalent at a new school.</SPAN> So equivalency to a new HS – as if a <SPAN>brand new</SPAN> auditorium. <B>So all aspects <SPAN>were developed</SPAN> under that notion. If the FPC or Trustees want us to downgrade, we can do that.
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