RBC presented an update on Debt Profile and Proposed Middle School Borrowing at the June 8 School Board Work Session. Click here to review the presentation.

The School Board voted on the Construction Project Representative during the June 8 School Board Work Session. Jay Darkey, of JPD Architects, LLC was selected as the Construction Project Representative for the Middle School Project.

There were two (2) Construction Project Representative Presentations for the Middle School Project held before and after the School Board Work Session on Thursday, May 11, 2017.

Hiring of the construction project representative will be an agenda item for a vote in June.

During the School Board of Directors April Work Session, the School Board voted and approved Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates as the architectural design firm for the Middle School Project.

Three (3) architectural firms presented their proposals for design services for the Middle School Project. Based on these presentations and the design services proposals, the district selection committee recommended an architectural firm to the School Board, at the April Work Session, to award a contract for design services for the Middle School Project. After thoughtful, careful consideration, and open discussion during the Work Session, the School Board voted 7-1 to award Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates a contract for the Middle School Project.

One Board Member was not in attendance for the Work Session.

MTSD held a public meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the District Office for architectural firms to present their proposals for design services for the Middle School Project. Three architectural firms presented to school board members, the MTSD facilities committee, and community members who attended the meeting. Based on these presentations, the School Board will vote and award a contract for the architectural/design services for the Middle School Project at the April 13th School Board Work Session.

At a special voting public School Board Meeting on February 23rd, Manheim Township School Board of Directors continued public discussion on the future of the Middle School, and voted on Option 8, a new 2-story Middle School on the west property line. The vote was 7-2.

Option 8, at an estimated total project cost of $63-68 million, is a 2-story Middle School on the west property line. Benefits to this option include a minimize disruption to the educational programming during the construction phrase and no temporary trailers would be required for classroom space. Upon completion of project, the seventh and eighth grade students would move into the new school and the existing Middle School would be demolished. All presentations are posted on the home page of the district’s website.

Next steps in the process is for the district to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Design and Construction Project Representation.

During the public Work Session on February 9^th, School Board members openly discussed and ranked each option as “viable”, “somewhat viable”, and “not viable”. The public dialogue format provided each Board Member’s perspective and why he/she offered the ratings for viability/non-viability.

In addition, RBC Capital Markets presented on the district’s debt profile and capital project financing review. In the presentation, RBC presented additional slides to clearly show the tax impact per year.

Manheim Township School District held a public meeting on Thursday, February 2, 2017 in the Manheim Township Middle School auditorium to discuss the future of the Manheim Township Middle School.
At the public meeting, Remington, Vernick & Beach Engineers reviewed their recent facility audit for the district, and based on their research, representatives presented the different options proposed to address the future of the Middle School.

As an informational presentation, the engineers discussed the Middle School building infrastructure, mechanical systems in need of improvement and/or replacement, and the curricular program deficiencies. In an attempt to show due diligence at the request of the district, the engineers presented nine (9) different options, with total construction cost estimations, for the School Board to consider when addressing the future direction of the Manheim Township Middle School.

In May of 2016, the district hosted a community meeting to present a district-wide facility presentation. After soliciting advice from focus groups across the district (which included staff, parents and students from each school), the District-wide Facility Team worked jointly with Remington, Vernick and Beach Engineers to develop a ten-year plan to meet the district’s facilities needs.

Click here to review the information that was presented.