Bonds sold, projects forge ahead

In a new blog entry, GCS Supt. Mo Green says $130 million in school bonds have been sold, which means the district can continue to move ahead on what it calls "key capital improvement projects."

Mo Green:


We got some great news last week. The county told us it sold $130 million in school bonds. This amount includes $45 million for the completion of Eastern Guilford High School.

The sale of these bonds means we can move forward on many key capital improvement projects, including some of those currently under construction, such as Jamestown Middle School. In fact, we will have a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Jamestown Middle building on Friday, January 23.

We will also continue land acquisition efforts for this year, including sites for the following projects:

• Special education west
• Southeast area elementary school
• North Greensboro elementary school
• Airport area high school and middle school land

In addition, the district will move forward with the design of projects on the 2008 bond list. The Guilford County Board of Education has already approved the short-list of design firms for at least nine projects. In the next few months, our facilities team will continue to work with the board to identify design firms for the remaining projects on the 2008 bond list.

We will adhere to the board’s priority list and move forward with construction efforts on other projects once land acquisition, design and permitting is concluded.

The board had earlier heeded a request from the county to decrease our project cash flow needs. Although the tighter cash flow may slow down how aggressively we can move on these projects, we are pleased that we can proceed with them. This way, we will fulfill the promises we have made to many of our school communities.

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E.C. :)