NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
PRETTY PRAIRIE, Kan. — Pretty Prairie USD 311 Superintendent Ashley Anderson said there are going to be two public meetings later this month before USD 311 voters are asked to support a $7.7 million bond issue.
"We're actually going to host some community meetings," Anderson said. "Our first one is on April 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium, then the other one is on April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. People can come and ask questions. We'll have our architect there, our construction management team, our financial advisor, so we should have everybody there that would have the answers to any question that a community member might have."
One small note that Anderson made regarding the middle school gymnasium work to turn it into a competition gym for the high school is that some work was going to be required on that gym anyway.
"Our north wall there has water damage on it anyway," Anderson said. "We were going to be looking at fixing that anyway and that's kind of how it all came about. We knew we needed to do something there, we knew it was way more expensive to remodel our current high school gym, because of all the concrete that's in that space. That's when remodeling the middle school became our most cost efficient project. That's why we went with that."
Weatherproofing the district's buildings is a big part of the bond project's scope with roof and window work at the elementary, middle and high school levels as part of the bond, in addition to secure entrances at the buildings. The bond vote is May 16.
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