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. Facts are fact$ and they require action! . For the past ten months acWlinistrators, district consultants and School Board Members have studied the school district's facility needs. This facilities study team talked to city administrators and developers about projected growth in our cities and townships. They talked with principals and toured every existing facility to catalogue. the needs in each building. They reviewed the orders issued by the Fire Marshall and the plans to make each building safer and accessible to all our citizens. And finally, they looked at the technology available. for students and staff in each building. When the data was compiled. and analyzed, certain specific and compelling facts emerged. · Student growth now and in the next decade will be closer to 5% a year rather than the 3% which had been used for. projections in the last decade. (Growth was 4% between spring 1998 and fall 1998) · The current student capacity in all district schools is 9,160; current enrollment is 8,700+. . · The existing schools range in age from brand! new to 70 years old for the origi~al part of the Handke building. There is nearly 1.5 million square feet of building space to heat, clean and maintain. · Approximately $500,000 worth of deferred 11laintenance (roof repair, tuck pointing, parking lot repair) is not done each year because of limited resources. · There is a backlog of more than $10 million in needed building renovation or maintenance as a result of the same revenue short fall. · The implementation of our five-year technology plan has been put on hold. The schools with the best technology are the newest schools. The facts lead directly to the following conclusions: · Elementary space is needed immediately. At least three elementary schools will have to be built in the next decade. · High school space is needed immediately. The adopted growth model calls for a second high school. .