NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Nickerson-South Hutchinson USD 309 Superintendent Curtis Nightingale gave Hutch Post an update on their bond projects.
"There's still a lot of supply chain issues," Nightingale said. "A lot of the stuff that's not completed is just because we're waiting on stuff. You know, we're waiting on aluminum for storefronts. We're waiting on glass."
Other than those touches, though, he says they are mostly done with the process.
"In terms of buildings being completed, I think Reno Valley Middle School is probably about 90, 95% done. And there they had, we had restrooms converted into ADA accessible restrooms. We changed the entrance and then all new windows on that north side, because those old windows were circa 1950 and insulated single pane glass. And so, you know, if it was winter outside, you knew it, stand within 10 feet of the windows, you know, kind of a thing. And so, and then Nickerson Elementary is about, I would say they're about 80% done. They're one of the ones where we're still waiting on some glass, we're waiting on some doors. But the daycare there is up and running. And so that part is done. And then at the high school, the front, you know, we can secure the building now, but, you know, the front is still not done, waiting on glass, waiting on door hardware, some of that. The auditorium won't be done until October. I think seats get delivered here in two weeks. We'll finally have the seats. The floor's down, the ceiling's in, I think lighting and sound crew are in there working in the auditorium now. And then at South Hutch, the classrooms are just doing finishing touches on those, putting in some countertops and some of that stuff, but for the most part, that's done."
Both daycares at South Hutch are open now.
"We've converted those modulars," Nightingale said. "Those are now daycare centers, and those students that were in the modulars will now be in the building. I mean, technically they're in the building now, but they're not in their permanent classrooms yet. Those are the two new add-on classrooms that we've got."
USD 309 passed a 9 year, $7.6 million bond in May 2023.