{"id":110320,"date":"2015-08-10T19:19:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-budgets-dip-from-12-estimates\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:19:16","slug":"m-chs-budgets-dip-from-12-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-budgets-dip-from-12-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS budgets dip from \u201912 estimates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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New assistant band director Katie Zdanowski moves instruments into the band room at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School. Even though they aren\u2019t being paid, many of the teachers have voluntarily started moving into the new building.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In comparison, current construction costs for the new Montezuma-Cortez High School are lower than initial figures. Current budgetary funds have also dipped over the past three years.<\/p>\n

When the project was announced in 2012, the total cost of a planned 162,500-square-foot schoolhouse was forecast at $43.9 million. The current 152,000 square-foot structure is now projected to cost a total of $41.5 million, a decrease of almost 5.5 percent over initial estimates, according to figures released by Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 superintendent Alex Carter.<\/p>\n

In an email sent to The Cortez Journal on Aug. 6, Carter revealed that soft and hard costs for the project, scaled down to a 152,000-square-foot facility, totaled more than $5.7 million and $35.8 million, respectively. Soft costs include architectural design, land acquisition and infrastructure systems. Hard costs include actual construction.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the district was awarded a $22.7 million Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant to fund 52 percent of the total costs. The remainder of the project, which voters approved by a 5-to-3 margin, was a 20-year bond totaling $21.2 million.<\/p>\n

According to Carter, those numbers have also decreased from initial announcements. BEST grant funding now totals more than $22.2 million, a decrease of 2.2 percent over initial totals. Representing an 11 percent decrease, funding from property taxes also dropped to more than $18.9 million.<\/p>\n

In his email, Carter didn\u2019t offer an explanation for the decreases, but he did state that a $250,000 supplement from the school district\u2019s capital reserve fund would likely be reimbursed by $100,000.<\/p>\n

Approved in early 2014, the quarter-million supplemental expense was necessary to ensure the building included a geothermal heat exchange system, Carter said.<\/p>\n

According to Carter, final construction costs will become available in early December.<\/p>\n

tbaker@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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M-CHS plans ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/h4>\n

On Friday, the public is invited to tour the new state-of-the-art Montezuma-Cortez High School at a public ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Aug. 14.
\n Starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday, the official opening is preceded by a free barbecue dinner and guided tours.
\n The formal ribbon cutting ceremony with local dignitaries is held at 6 p.m., and self-guided tours of the building continuing through 8 p.m.
\n Expanded coverage in Friday\u2019s Cortez Journal
\n The Cortez Journal will have expanded coverage of the new building on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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