USD 475 Board of Education members have discussed the cost and timing of the proposed demolition of the former Junction City High School with Chief Operations Officer David Wild. As part of the new high school's bond campaign in 2016, the project cost estimate included a $2 million line item for demolition of the old school.
After instruction from the Board to accelerate the demolition process in November, district staff received a proposed guaranteed maximum price near $2.8 million. That included a $300,000 allowance for asbestos contingencies and other unforseen site conditions. According to the District the price increase is a result of the approximately 40-point inflationary spread of the Producer Price Index over the past six years.