CMS would pay for these projects in $2.5 billion bond. Is your school on the list?
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools $2.5 billion bond, if voters approve, will pay for 30 projects that district officials say will improve building conditions, offer more academic options and alleviate overcrowding.
30 projects in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bond
▪ Albemarle Road Middle School
Cost: $97.7 million
Work: On-site replacement with 54 classroom baseline facility.
▪ Cotswold/Chantilly Montessori/Billingsville elementary schools
Cost: $80.6 million
Work: On-site replacement of Cotswold Elementary. Repurpose Billingsville to relocate Montessori PK-6 program. Chantilly Montessori would be demolished.
▪ East Mecklenburg High School
Cost: $201.3 million
Work: Final phases of work include replacement of campus buildings and comprehensive athletics package.
▪ Montessori Secondary at Marie G. Davis IB World School
Cost: $9.2 million
Work: Convert to grade 7-12 Montessori to replace use at J.T. Williams Montessori and expand the program; complete renovations at J.T. Williams for alternative education programs.
▪ Park Road Montessori/Sedgefield Elementary/Dilworth Elementary
Cost: $89.5 million
Work: Relocate Park Road Montessori pre-K-6 program to converted Sedgefield Elementary. Replace Park Road with 45-classroom school for Dilworth. Repurpose Dilworth for a middle school magnet.
▪ Sedgefield Elementary School
Cost: (included in $89.5 million cost of Park Road Montessori cluster)
Work: Relocate Park Road Montessori pre-K-6 program to converted Sedgefield Elementary. Replace Park Road with 45-classroom school for Dilworth. Repurpose Dilworth for a middle school magnet.
▪ Dilsworth Elementary
Cost: (included in $89.5 million cost of Park Road Montessori cluster)
Work: Relocate Park Road Montessori pre-K-6 program to converted Sedgefield Elementary. Replace Park Road with 45-classroom school for Dilworth. Repurpose Dilworth for a middle school magnet.
▪ Garinger High School
Cost: $54.9 million
Work: Next phase of work includes kitchen/cafeteria, specialty classrooms, gym and athletic fields. Renovate and repurpose existing kitchen/cafeteria.
▪ New Second Ward Medical and Technology High School
Cost: $176.8 million
Work: Full magnet high school built on the old Metro site. Relocate program from Hawthorne site.
▪ Cornelius Elementary School
Cost: $76.5 million
Work: On-site replacement with a 45-classroom facility.
▪ Huntersville Elementary School
Cost: $66.2 million
Work: On-site replacement with a 45-classroom facility.
▪ New middle school No. 2
Cost: $92.4 million
Work: Facility includes 54 classrooms at Stumptown Road to relieve overcrowding at Bailey Road Middle, Davidson K-8 and J.M. Alexander middle schools.
▪ North Mecklenburg High School
Cost: $228.5 million
Work: Final phase includes onsite replacement of campus buildings and comprehensive athletics package.
▪ Allenbrook Elementary School
Cost: $74.2 million
Work: Off-site replacement at Freedom Driving Range. Existing facility would be demolished.
▪ Berryhill School
Cost: $104.3 million
Work: Off-site replacement at a location to be determined. Existing facility would be demolished.
▪ Coulwood STEM Academy
Cost: $92.7 million
Work: On-site replacement with 54-classroom facility; STEM program would remain.
▪ Harding University High School
Cost: $202.9 million
Work: Final phrases of work that includes a comprehensive athletics package and building replacement.
▪ Wilson STEM Academy
Cost: $92.5 million
Work: On-site replacement with 54-classroom facility.
▪ Matthews Elementary School
Cost: $79.9 million
Work: On-site replacement with 45-classroom facility.
▪ New middle school No. 1
Cost: $101.1 million
Work: Facility includes 54 classrooms to relieve overcrowding at Community House, Jay M. Robinson and Rea Farms STEAM K-8.
▪ Beverly Woods Elementary School
Cost: $71.2 million
Work: On-site replacement with 45-classroom facility.
▪ New middle school No. 3
Cost: $98.4 million
Work: Facility includes 54 classrooms on N.C. 160 to relieve overcrowding at Southwest and Kennedy middle schools along with possibly relief for Quail Hollow Middle.
▪ South Mecklenburg High School
Cost: $127.9 million
Work: Final phase of work that will include on-site replacement of buildings and comprehensive athletics package.
▪ Steele Creek Elementary School
Cost: $80.8 million
Work: On-site replacement with 45-classroom facility.
▪ Northwest School of the Arts/First Ward
Cost: $93.7 million
Work: Final phase of work that will include new specialty classroom space and 9-12 conversion/expansion. Renovate First Ward as full magnet for grade 6-8.
▪ University Park Arts
Cost: $73.1 million
Work: On-site replacement with 39-classroom facility, including arts-specific spaces.
Projects in design-only phase:
▪ Cochrane Collegiate Academy/iMeck
Cost: $7.5 million
Work: On-site replacement with 54-classroom facility. Relocate grade 9-12 iMeck program to Garinger High.
▪ J.T. Williams
Cost: $1.6 million
Work: Final phase to support alternative education.
▪ Villa Heights Elementary
Cost: $6.2 million
Work: Build a 45-classroom facility on Hawthorne site. Demolish existing Villa Heights elementary.
▪ West Regional Athletic Complex
Cost: $9 million
Work: New multi-sport regional athletic competition complex with gym, natatorium, stadium fields and ancillary spaces.
▪ E.E. Waddell High School
Cost: $1.6 million
Work: Build an addition.
▪ South Charlotte Middle School
Cost: $7.7 million
Work: On-site replacement with 54-classroom facility.
This story was originally published October 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM.
