by BECKY GOFF
Little Apple Post
At Tuesday evening's USD 475 Board of Education meeting, the Board gave the opportunity for an architectural conceptual design for an Early Childhood Center to be presented.
Mr. David Wild requested formal approval from the Board of Education to give Schafer Johnson Cox and Frey Architecture the authority to move forward with a conceptual design of an Early Childhood Center.
The proposed concept would include a 32-classroom facility with space for administration within the building.
Mr. Wild recommended the architecture firm would bring back 2 to 3 concepts for the facility, so the district has designs in-hand when it is time to apply for the $15 million Defense Communities Investment Program grant in 2023.
The district would then be expected to match the $15 million, for a total of $30 million to be spent on the facility, with construction of the facility projected to start in 2024.