HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The USD 308 Board of Education approved on Monday the use of $1.6 million in capital outlay to go with the $872,211 in grant funds already accepted to put a Lil' Hawks Daycare 0-3 facility on ground on the northwest corner next to Morgan Elementary.

"The cost of the building itself is $1.1 million," said USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson. "We've got to do the dirt work, we're going to create the concrete footing and stem walls. The building's going to be brought in for the most part, kind of done. It's a residential area. We want it to tie in to kind of the look of our district, not look like a metal building. There's board siding that we're going to add to it. Those are some additional costs, a FEMA shelter, we'll have sidewalks in there, parking is in there, storm sewer, water, electric, all the utilities that have to go there. We'll work with the city on that, then put in a playground. We'll have all that, we have the contractor's costs, design fees and contingency fees and general construction."

Now that they have solidified a location, they can meet with the city and the architects to get the details of the Morgan Elementary site worked out and begin site preparation.

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 </figure>NICK GOSNELL Hutch PostHUTCHINSON, Kan. — The USD 308 Board of Education approved on Monday the use of $1.6 million in capital outlay to go with the $872,211 in grant funds already accepted to put a Lil' Hawks Daycare 0-3 facility on ground on the northwest corner next to Morgan Elementary."The cost of the building itself is $1.1 million," said USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson. "We've got to do the dirt work, we're going to create the concrete footing and stem walls. The building's going to be brought in for the most part, kind of done. It's a residential area. We want it to tie in to kind of the look of our district, not look like a metal building. There's board siding that we're going to add to it. Those are some additional costs, a FEMA shelter, we'll have sidewalks in there, parking is in there, storm sewer, water, electric, all the utilities that have to go there. We'll work with the city on that, then put in a playground. We'll have all that, we have the contractor's costs, design fees and contingency fees and general construction."Now that they have solidified a location, they can meet with the city and the architects to get the details of the Morgan Elementary site worked out and begin site preparation.

New daycare building to go up in USD 308