Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) Schools Superintendent Patrick Mapes has told the school board he plans to provide an updated 10-year plan for facilities soon.  At the Facilities Committee meeting Wednesday morning, HSE Facilities Director Matt Rapp reviewed a $42 million plan for facilities throughout the district in 2025, per the current 10-year plan.

This is funded through bond issues.  The HSE Schools tax rate funding these bonds has remained steady over a number of years.

Some of the big ticket items on that list include:

–$4 million, $2 million for each high school, to be spent on turf next year on the Lacrosse/Soccer fields.  Rapp tells LarryInFishers much of that money goes to the underground infrastructure supporting the turf.

–$1.5 million at each high school for pool air handlers.  The pools were originally constructed for regular curriculum, but each system is strained when competitions are held.

–$1.5 million goes to the baseball asphalt drive at HSE High School.

–$1 million is set aside for roofing work on the north side of Fishers High School.

–District-wide, $1.25 million is planned for energy saving initiatives.

–School bus replacement and student technology replacement will cost $3 million each.

That is a partial list of the largest line-items the school board will be asked to enact for 2025.

In an update on specific building projects, Rapp told the committee everything is going “as planned and on time” with the Fishers Elementary School project.  Work planned for Fall Creek Intermediate, Durbin and Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate & Junior High are in the design phase.