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D. 157 to proceed with school project

This story ran on nwitimes.com on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:02 AM CDT

CALUMET CITY -- With contracts and a state construction grant awarded and some work already under way, Hoover-Schrum Elementary District 157 officials are being advised to proceed with plans to renovate and demolish part of the old Hoover Elementary School building.

 Architect Michael Gilfillan advised the School Board on Monday against derailing the Hoover School project.

 His recommendation comes amid talk by some board members about perhaps not proceeding with the Hoover project and instead shifting the focus to Schrum Memorial School, possibly building additional classrooms there.

 The board has already awarded contracts for the Hoover renovation work and the demolition of the east end of the building. Contractors have ordered materials and asbestos abatement work began this week and should be completed in about three weeks, officials say.

 Classes and offices that were housed at Hoover have been temporarily relocated next door, to the newly renovated and expanded former Hoover West School, until the work at Hoover is completed.

 The Hoover project is to include asbestos abatement and the renovation and upgrading of existing early childhood, at-risk kindergarten classrooms, district offices and a School Board meeting room.

 Bob Nielsen, project manager with Henry Bros. Construction, said he anticipates the building will be ready for occupancy in March.

 According to Gilfillan, the district was awarded a $3.2 million Illinois School Construction Grant to help pay for the Hoover West and Hoover work, not for work at Schrum.

  "To do anything but complete the project (at Hoover) would jeopardize your position with the state," he told the board. He estimates  the district also could face the loss of about $350,00 "if you decide to stop this project now."  Instead, the architect suggests the district "continue with the project as initially planned" at Hoover, identify Schrum's space needs, take a look at the district's available financial resources and come up with options for addressing that school's needs, possibly using performance contracting,

 He recommends the district consider moving some walls and "restacking some spaces" at Schrum to accommodate current and future student enrollment.

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