Now that the season has officially wrapped up, new lighting is going in at the Bremen High School football field. Superintendent Dr. Jim White said the project is currently ongoing and it’s expected to wrap up in about 3 weeks.
The superintendent previously mentioned that the existing football lighting was installed in the 1960s and was on wooden poles while the replacements will be made of a much sturdier metal material. Continue reading
A few different project updates were delivered at this week’s Bremen School Board meeting.
Back in July, school officials approved a $132,000 quote from McGuff Roofers for repairs to the roof at the elementary/middle school.
At Monday night’s meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jim White shared that contractors will do their best to complete certain sections before it gets too cold but the project will have to be finished up in the spring time. Continue reading
After bids came in a little higher than expected, Bremen School officials are reevaluating proposed projects, according to Superintendent Dr. Jim White.
White noted, “What we’re doing is revisiting our list of things we’d like to accomplish and trying to reprioritize those to say okay, what’s in and what’s out.” Continue reading
Bremen School Board members provided their approval for a couple of different projects when they met last Monday. Superintendent Dr. Jim White said board members moved forward with two projects that were discussed during a pre-bid meeting in July.
He explained, “The board went ahead and accepted to move forward with replacement of a chilling tower and [gave the] go ahead to replace our football lights at the end of the season with LED lighting so that will be a big improvement.” Continue reading
Bremen Public Schools is a step closer to issuing about $4 million in bonds for its upcoming renovation project. To do that, Superintendent Dr. Jim White says the school corporation is amending its existing lease with the building corporation. It’s a legally-separate entity that actually owns the building and borrows the money on behalf of the school corporation. “We had an existing loan out that falls off in 2022,” he explains, “so it was just as easy to amend that lease with the existing building corporation than to try to form something different.”
Bremen Public Schools will be undergoing some renovations over the next few years, now that school board members have officially adopted a resolution to have a bond of approximately $4 million issued to pay for the proposed work.
According to School Board President Brian Teall, a 1028 Hearing was held over the bond resolution during their Monday night meeting and it was adopted by a vote of 4-1.
Dr. White said with the board members’ approval, he will now be coordinating with the building corporation about bond issuance procedures over the next few weeks. The superintendent explained that schools are not legally permitted to directly borrow money so they utilize a building corporation as a pass-through entity. Continue reading
Bremen School Board members voted to proceed with securing bonds for facility upgrades at their most recent meeting.
Superintendent Dr. Jim White explained that they are looking to make a few different improvements and school board members took the next big step in the process last Monday by agreeing to obtain the necessary bonds to tackle the proposed projects. Continue reading
