2007 Bond Project List

On Tuesday, March 6, voters in the Putnam City school district will consider a $32 million bond proposal to maintain and improve school buildings and ensure that all students attend classes in well-equipped, up-to-date facilities. If voters approve the bonds, projects would start as early as July 2007. Design work on new facilities and turf will begin in 2006, with construction slated for 2007. Because the bond money is issued to the district in yearly increments, other projects would start in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Here's how bond funds would be used:

First Release of Bond Funds, July 2007		Allocation
Textbooks		$   100,000
New school building to replace Central Elementary School		$8,428,000
Improvements and additions to technology		$1,140,000
Add additional outlets/circuits in older schools		$   300,000
Replace portions of roof at Putnam City West High School		$   926,000
Lockers for Cooper Middle School 7th-grade football team		$     20,000
Install classroom doors at Ralph Downs Elementary School		$     20,000
Complete fencing around perimeter of Hefner Middle School		$     30,000
Upgrade and replace safety equipment in high school science labs		$     50,000
Purchase of new sewing machines and cabinets for Putnam City West High School		$     25,000
Replace emergency stairs at Wiley Post Elementary School		$     47,000
Replace deteriorating plaster gym walls at Capps Middle School		$   500,000
Replace portions of roof at Western Oaks Middle School		$     63,000
Replace portions of roof at Western Oaks Elementary School		$   391,000
Update hood controls in kitchens for emergency shutdown		$   240,000
Adding parking areas and paving as needed		$   100,000
Replacement of flooring as needed		$     75,000
		$12,455,000
Second Release of Bond Funds, January 2008
Textbooks		$   100,000
Replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment at Putnam City North High School		$   600,000
Renovation of locker rooms at Western Oaks Middle School		$   350,000
Adding parking areas and paving as needed		$   100,000
Replacement of flooring as needed		$     65,000
Desks, bookcases and other furniture at schools as needed		$     70,000
Truck for Child Nutrition Department (16' box truck with lift)		$     35,000
		$1,320,000
Third Release of Bond Funds, January 2009
Textbooks		$   100,000
Improvements and additions to technology		$   850,000
Replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment/controls at Hefner Middle School		$2,600,000
Construct locker rooms for female athletes at Putnam City North High School		$1,100,000
		$4,650,000
Fourth Release of Bond Funds, January 2010
Textbooks		$   100,000
Improvements and additions to technology		$4,010,000
Enlarge band room at Putnam City West High School		$1,000,000
Replace portions of roof at Central Intermediate School		$   398,000
Replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment/controls at Ralph Downs Elementary School		$   752,000
Replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment/controls at Will Rogers Elementary School		$1,020,000
Replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment/controls at Western Oaks Middle School		$   670,000
Replace and upgrade heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment/controls in the Mayfield Middle School kitchen		$   200,000
Purchase of new school buses		$1,500,000
Replace switchgear and upgrade main electrical feed at Lake Park Elementary School		$   378,000
New gym lights in four middle schools		$   363,000
Renovate old Hilldale Elementary School kitchen into two classrooms		$   700,000
Replace portions of roof at Hilldale Elementary School		$   149,000
Replace roof at Project Strive		$   115,000
Technical services cabling		$   474,000
Desks, bookcases and other furniture at schools as needed		$   180,000
Adding parking areas and paving as needed		$   550,000
Replacement of flooring as needed		$   460,000
Purchase kitchen equipment		$   350,000
Add emergency and exit lighting		$   206,000
		$13,575,000
Total		$   32 million