Wednesday, May 3, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Elementary School and
Sisters High School. Project
Manager Brett Hudson told
The Nugget that remodel-
ing for enhanced security
at Sisters Middle School is
extensive enough to be dis-
ruptive to staff, so it will be
undertaken during Phase 3 in
the summer of 2018, when the
impact can be managed and
minimized.
(The project list and
a project “road map” are
available at http://ssd6.org/
bondoverview/.)
Hudson said that Sisters’
harsh winter had little effect
on projects.
“It hasn’t hurt us too bad
on scheduling,” he said.
The weather did, how-
ever, point up some addi-
tional work that needs to be
done — mostly sidewalk
work and improving drain-
age around buildings, and
installing downspouts where
there was a large build-up
of ice. Hudson says that that
work can be funded through
savings in other areas of the
overall project.
The security changes at
the schools involve some
extensive entryway remod-
eling to create a single con-
trolled access point into the
schools, and visitor and late-
entry check-in at the offices
at all three schools. At Sisters
High School, for example,
there will be a new separate
entrance for guests and post-
admission-time entry.
The schools are also
installing electronic key cards
for anyone who accesses the
schools. The district can then
track who is entering the
school buildings.
“It gives us a better under-
standing of who’s coming and
going from our buildings,”
said Superintendent Curt
Scholl.
The security changes
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need — which put Sisters at
the bottom of the list based on
demographics — and a lottery
for those that did not qualify
on a needs basis.
Fortunately for Sisters,
several districts that were
ahead of Sisters in the lottery
did not pass their bonds and
thus fell out of the running
for matching funds. Sisters
moved up the list — as did
other schools that succeeded
at the ballot box.
“All the schools that
passed bonds got money,”
Scholl said.
The Sisters School Board
recently approved tapping
into the grant funds to fund
construction of a new bus
barn/shop near the high
school. The new facility will
serve a number of purposes
— improving maintenance
facilities for the district’s
buses and providing easy
access and shop facilities
for high school CTE (Career
Technical Education) students
to work and take classes in.
“We don’t have anything
like that, so it will be an addi-
tion to the offerings of Sisters
PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
Condracdors are finishing work on adhledic facilidies and moving on do
securidy.
Elementary School, which
High School,” Hudson said.
The project offers some has long been crowded and a
bit chaotic.
attractive efficiencies.
A bond oversight commit-
“It wasn’t a project on our
bond list,” Hudson said. “The tee has been meeting regu-
idea is not to build two shops.” larly to keep track of proj-
In addition, the decommis- ects and expenses. Hudson
sioning of the current bus barn and Scholl said the district is
adjacent to Sisters Elementary working on generating a one-
School could potentially free page budget-to-actual run-
up some space for staff park- down of projects so far. That
ing, which would in turn help snapshot is expected to be
with a redesign and improve- available to the public within
ment of parking at Sisters a month or so.
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reflect changing times and a
changed society — even in
small-town Sisters.
“People are used to just
opening the door and walk-
ing in and walking down the
hall,” said Hudson. “But we
just can’t have that anymore.
It’s part of the growth of our
society, I think. And it’s the
expectation of the commu-
nity to protect the kids and I
think these are the right steps
to take.”
Hudson noted that some
of the project installations —
like security technology and
new kitchen equipment —
have been handled in-house,
saving money on the project.
The district is also auto-
mating systems, including
HVAC, lighting, generator
back-up and monitoring of
food-storage. Those improve-
ments are expected to make
the district’s maintenance
work more efficient and cre-
ate operational savings.
Automation is expected
to improve scheduling, mini-
mize circumstances when the
schools are heating or cooling
empty buildings, and allow
maintenance crews to identify
equipment and system prob-
lems earlier.
Operations director Ryan
Stock notes that the district
is replacing exterior lighting
with LED lighting. Right now,
exterior lights require yearly
inspection and changeouts.
“When they’ve changed
over to LED, you might not
go out there for 20 years,”
Stock said.
There will be some LED
lighting installed on interiors
as well, Stock said.
Hudson said that his guid-
ing principles in managing
the projects are creation of
operational savings; improv-
ing building longevity; and
enhancing student experience/
outcomes.
The district is the ben-
eficiary of a windfall from
a $4 million state matching
grant — one the school board
had pretty much given up on
during the bond campaign.
The grant pool was based on
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