Chris Leuckel
It was perfect
finish to perfect
season for Helias
Some Blair Oaks Falcons discuss strategy under a tent during the second half of Saturday's game with Lutheran North in Wardsville.
Dec. 15, 2020
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --- If you're sitting still, you're going backwards.
That's life, even in high school sports.
The Jefferson City public schools are choosing to move forward, as the Board of Education voted to fund the addition and completion of athletics facilities at both Capital City and Jefferson City high schools Monday night.
These projects will ensure facilities are equitable between our two high school campuses as promised in the J+C campaign, according to a press release from the Board. The projects will also eliminate the use of off campus athletics facilities, improving safety and efficiency for students and staff.
Last year, the district hit pause on our plans to address overcrowding in grades PK-8 to allow for more time to fully develop a long-range facilities plan. The COVID-19 pandemic and development of a re-entry plan required those plans to be paused even longer.
However, the district is now in the process of developing our long-range facilities plan and anticipates bringing a bond issue to address overcrowding in grades PK-8 to the board and voters in 2022.
The approximately $20 million in athletics facilities projects will be funded through a Certificate of Participation, the release continued, which is a funding mechanism similar to a standard loan that is commonly used by public municipalities.
The district will be taking advantage of historically-low interest rates to budget $1.5M per year from the capital projects fund over the next 20 years.
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District will spend $20 million
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