April 4, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
Work underway to improve FRHC schools during break
Shawn Price, the school district's superintendent, said contractors have been busy since the end of the 2016-17 school year expanding the schools' parking facilities and improving Hope Elementary School's ceilings, flooring and restrooms.
They also are about to pour concrete as they convert an outdoor courtyard into a learning area.
"We're happy with how it's coming along," Price said.
Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp. fast tracked $426,000 in improvements after refinancing the debt incurred from a building merger in 2010 that put the campuses of Hope Elementary School and Hauser Jr./Sr. High School under one roof along Indiana 9. The refinancing cut the district's interest rate from 4.75 percent initially to just 2.2 percent on the $19 million project, freeing up about $800,000 and allowing the district to start work on jobs that had been delayed for years.
Contracts were quickly awarded for:
Price said crews responsible for the parking lot and paving already have excavated and laid base rock. He said they probably would pour asphalt by the end of June.
Ceiling tile replacement was 90 percent finished, he said, and added that floor work would finish by the end of July.
Courtyard remodeling is in its first phase.
Price said workers would pour concrete this week and finish within two. He said construction of a shelter house would come with a later phase that is not part of summer plans.[[In-content Ad]]
