Ravenna Public Schools will ask the community to vote on a project to create a safer, more inclusive, and updated school for students. This project will address urgent facility needs and improve the school’s learning spaces for agriculture, art, welding, robotics, middle school special education, and more. It will also create secure vestibules and keep all students under one roof.

 

To fund the project, the RPS Board of Education has approved a special election to vote on a school bond not to exceed $5,500,000. For more information about how the bond will affect your taxes, visit the FINANCIAL PAGE.

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New construction: 12,715 sq. ft Light renovation: 5,035 sq. ft Moderate renovation: 2,977 sq. ft Total: 20,727 sq. ft Renovation is less costly per square foot than new construction. Factoring in our new construction square footage with the light and moderate renovation costs, the project’s cost per square foot estimate averages $362.98, which includes all fees as well as construction and materials. BD used current and historical cost data for similar education addition and renovation projects in our region to help the school determine the “all in” bond amount. Average Estimated Cost Per Square Foot: $362.98 All-in Budget (including construction, fees, contingency and inflation): $7,523,433.00 RPS will be completing two additional projects while the constructors are here to take advantage of economies of scale. These projects will not be funded as part of the bond project amount, but instead will be paid for out of the Special Building Fund and Qualified Capital Purchases Undertaking Fund. The all-in budgets for these are: Secured Entrance High School Budget: $544,652 Secured Entrance Elementary School Budget: $149,605 Estimated Cost Per Square Foot: $278.26

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