By the numbers
Central

Replace water fountains, $10,000
Repaint second floor: $50,000
Wall dividers for three rooms: $20,000
Lockers (500-plus): $100,000
Stage, new backdrop curtain: $100,000
Stage, lift repair: $100,000
Pool cover: $80,000
Gym floor repair/resurface: $100,000
PE Lockers $50,000
Science classroom modification: $50,000
Cafeteria divider repair, replace: $100,000
Carpet replacement: $200,000
TV studio upgrade: $100,000
Planetarium upgrade: $200,000
HVAC-Mechanical system upgrade: $700,000
Total: $1,960,000

Grissom Elementary School

HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $1,300,000

Muncie Area Career Center

HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $1,200,000

Sutton Elementary School

HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $1,000,000

East Washington Academy

HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $900,000

South View Elementary School

HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $950,000
Northside Middle School
HVAC Mechanical System upgrade: $950,000
Pool cover: $80,000
Total: $1,030,000

District-wide renovations

Expand closed-circuit security TV: $100,000
Bleacher repairs: $200,000
FIeldhouse exterior concrete: $100,000
Fieldhouse interior ramps: $100,000
Fieldhouse room refinished: $100,000
Roof repairs: $300,000
Pavement repairs: $200,000
Lighting replacement: $200,000
Southside pool cover: $80,000
Total: $1,380,000
Cost of bond issuance: $280,000
Grand total: $10,000,000

Proposed 2014 General Obligation Bond Structure

Amount: $10,000,000
Term: 9 years, 9 months
Total Interest Expense: $3,277,643
Maximum Annual Debt Service: $7,210,955
Estimated Maximum Tax Rate: $.4265
MUNCIE — Does Muncie Community Schools really need to take out a $10 million bond for repairs and renovations?

MCS officials argue that not only is it needed, but that it must be done as soon as possible.

About $1.9 million has been earmarked for Central High School, with some of those renovations happening immediately to get the newly merged building ready for the incoming Southside students this fall.

And while many would agree that some of these things are necessary – wall dividers for some of the classrooms ($20,000) and some additional lockers ($100,000) in the hallways and the gym ($50,000) – others do not appear to be as pressing.

They aren’t, according to Muncie Community Schools Supt. Tim Heller.

“We do not need to spend $1.9 million to open that school this fall,” he said Wednesday.
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