STEELE CREEK NEWS

2023 School Bond to Include Two Steele Creek Projects

(March 1, 2023) Dennis LaCaria, Consultant with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Facilities Planning and Real Estate, gave a presentation on the proposed 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Plan at the Steele Creek Residents Association Annual Meeting on February 23. The plan includes 30 projects with a total cost of $2.997 billion.

The CMS School Board approved the plan at its February 28 meeting. The bond package will also need to be approved by the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners before appearing in the November 2023 ballot.

The plan includes two projects in Steele Creek:

• New 54 classroom middle school #3 on Steele Creek Road south of Hamilton Road to relieve Southwest and Kennedy Middle Schools - $99,370,551.
• Onsite replacement for Steele Creek Elementary School with increased capacity- $80,279,757

• Additional and renovation for 2nd phase of magnet program implementation at E.E. Waddell
• Offsite replacement of Berryhill Elementary School

The initial list of 125 projects was refined down to 30 projects to be included in the 2023 bond package. Projects in the original 125 included onsite replacements for Kennedy Middle School, Lake Wylie Elementary School, and the balance of Olympic High School as well as a new elementary school at the River District.

Click HERE to see a PDF file of the full presentation

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