Construction is moving along well at the Windsor C-1 School District’s intermediate and high schools, thanks to generally good weather, Superintendent Jason King said.
Brockmiller Construction in Farmington is building an addition at each school and is completing renovations at the high school. Altogether those projects will cost an estimated $11.8 million, King said.
Those projects are being funded with revenue from a $20 million bond issue district voters approved in April 2022.
“We’ve been really fortunate regarding the weather,” King said. “There has been (rain), but there also have been good chunks of weather,” he said.
Intermediate school
The addition at the Windsor Intermediate Center in Imperial will house a new gym and six classrooms, and that work started in February.
“Down at the Intermediate Center, things are moving along,” he said. “The addition’s walls are up for the most part. They are currently laying bricks for the classrooms that will join the gym and Intermediate Center.”
“There really is a race to put a roof on the gymnasium before winter arrives. That will allow them to work through winter. They’re looking at completion in early to mid-January for the whole project.”
High school
Work on the addition at Windsor High School in Imperial began in January.
“The high school work includes a new athletic training facility,” King said. “It will include a weight room and a new band room. The training facility will have turf for speed and agility training. Other work at the high includes updating and renovating two FACS (food and consumer science) rooms. Also, there will be a new art room.
“We did work in the high school kitchen and that’s done. The rest of the work at the high school is continuing.”
He said completion of the high school addition project is targeted for spring 2025.
Other projects
The following are other projects to be funded with revenue from the bond issue.
■ Tennis courts: “We are in the process of constructing new tennis courts that will be directly behind the baseball fields,” King said. “ATG (Sports Industries, Festus) is completing the project at a cost of $1.4 million. We are hoping to have the project completed by the end of (this month).”
■ Track and field throwing area: “Work is about to get underway to construct a track and field area for shot put, discus and javelin,” he said. “These upgrades will put Windsor C-1 in a position to host track and field events in the future. The project will be completed in time for our track season in the spring. ATG is completing this work for $188,000.”
King said the district’s old tennis courts behind the football stadium will be torn down to provide some of the space for the new throwing area.
■ Playgrounds: “ATG is installing turf on the playground at the Windsor Intermediate Center,” he said. “This will allow for a better and more consistent play area for students, eliminating much of the need for indoor recess due to adverse weather conditions.”
The project will cost about $130,000, and the target for its completion is this winter, he said.
King said similar projects are planned for the district’s two elementary buildings.
“We are currently reviewing designs for playground upgrades at Freer Elementary (in Barnhart) and Windsor Elementary (in Kimmswick),” he said. “While we are early in the planning stage, we are looking at adding turf to the playgrounds as well as new equipment that will enhance the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)-accessible aspects that we already have in place.”
Contracts for those projects have yet to be awarded, King said.
■ High School roof: “We also put two sections of new roof on the high school,” he said. “That work is done.” D.E. Martin Roofing in Mascoutah, Ill., did the work for $451,000.