By Heather Lusk
While Zionsville Community Schools students have enjoyed summer vacation, most of their school buildings have been undergoing a variety of updates during June and July.
Approximately $4 million worth of major repairs to schools are being funded by the issuance of two general obligation bonds approved by the school board in December.
Pleasant View Elementary, the largest elementary school in the district, has received the most extensive work. Approximately 765 students from kindergarten through fourth grade are anticipated in the fall.
“Many of the mechanical systems and building envelope materials had reached the typical life expectancy for such components,” said Rebecca Coffman, ZCS chief operations officer.
The south part of the building was constructed in 1982, with an addition to the north section in 1998.
The school has received a new HVAC system and a new roof, including asphalt shingles, new roof membrane, roof drains and edge materials. The initial phase of the HVAC replacement is finished but individual terminal units will be completed at a future date, Coffman said.
Eagle Elementary also is undergoing a roof replacement and drainage work after previous renovations and additions took place in 1999.
Zionsville Middle School students will see repairs to the tennis courts built in 2001 with a new surface and replaced fence posts.
Smaller projects throughout the district include new asphalt at the high school, middle schools and Stonegate and Boone Meadow elementary schools. Several buildings have received new classroom and office phones to replace 20-year-old equipment.
Eagle, Stonegate and Boone Meadow also are undergoing front office upgrades with the addition of new interior doors.
“The volume and detail of work around the ZCS facilities is tight for completion by the planned back-to-school events scheduled on our campuses,” said Coffman, adding that vendors have committed to work extended hours as necessary to be ready for the first day of school Aug. 8.
