Capital Project begins in June 2007

On Sept. 19, 2006, Voorheesville residents approved a bond project that will enable the district to make many repairs to Voorheesville Elementary School, as well as Voorheesville Middle School and Clayton A. Bouton High School.

Project construction will begin once school is out for the summer in June 2007.

Work is slated to begin this summer on the top two floors of the elementary school – the 1930 and 1949 sections – as well as in the middle and high schools. Construction at the elementary school will not be completed until summer 2008, while work at the middle and high schools will be completed by September 2007. No work will take place during the school day.

During the summer, the elementary school offices will be temporarily located in the high school. Next fall, two elementary classrooms at a time will be relocated to "swing classrooms" within the building, in order to allow work in other rooms to be completed. In total, 16 classrooms will be temporarily relocated during the school year.

To see the Elementary School plans with timelines, click below.

First floor

Second floor

Third floor

Elementary school renovations (89 percent of the cost) include:

• Installing energy efficient unit ventilators, replacing valves and installing an energy management system and exhaust systems for adequate airflow to replace the current, 45-year-old system.

• Replacement of asbestos tile flooring throughout the school and repairing deteriorated sub floors where necessary.

• Mitigation of ground water and moisture seepage through the foundation into the lower gym and along the classrooms facing the courtyard.

• Replacement of the fire alarm and smoke detector system.

• Rebuilding the wheelchair-accessible entrance and vestibule of the building.

• Replacing the single-pane windows in the 1963 wing, which are leaky and inefficient.

• Reconstruction of the 1963 wing restrooms to make them handicapped accessible.

• Repairing structural damage to masonry, parapet and chimney.

• Replacing corridor ceilings.

• Adding electrical panels and adding a water softener system for the heating system and domestic hot water.

High school renovations (9.4 percent of the cost) include:

• Rebuilding the tennis courts, which were built in 1966 and have had no major upgrades since that time.

• Replacing moveable partitions to meet code specifications.

• Renovating restrooms that were not renovated during the 2001 project.

• Installing an abuse-resistant suspended ceiling in the old gym.

• Adding a water softening system comparable to the one proposed for the elementary school.

• Some additional regrading and paving.

Bus garage improvements (1.6 percent of the cost) include:

• Replacing dim, old lights with brighter, more efficient ones.

• Relocating the vehicle exhaust system farther from the main building.

• Replacing non-operational parts of the old heating system.

• Filling a flooded underground holding tank and sealing the floor above it.