Expert: Wagon Wheel Elementary Needs an $8.4 Mil Update

To bring Wagon Wheel Elementary School up to modern standards would require $8.4 million in projects.

The Capistrano Unified School District commissioned a report in 2009, it was recently updated for 2013 pricing. The district is facing $822 million worth of needs and only has about $44 million on hand to address them.

The current figures also include $810,000 to buy upgraded technology for students.

Of the total, $4.9 million would be used to replace half of the portable classrooms with permanent structures. Another $1.2 million would cover the cost of routine maintenance and repairs the district has postponed in recent years, including the fire alarm and phone systems.

Below is an easier-to-read legend for the photo above. New construction, which originally included replacing all the portables, is in peach, remodels in yellow. 

1.    Administration remodel (conference room and storage

2.    New administration expansion (staff lounge)

3.    Library/media center expansion/remodel

4.    New toilets

5.    New kindergarten wall

6.    New two-story building (18 classrooms)

7.    New play surface area

8.    Fire truck turnaround

9.    New play area

10.  American with Disabilities Act upgrades

11.  New play equipment area

12.  New parking lot layout (46 stalls)

13.  New food service cover area

14.  Repair roof leaks

15.  New trees

16.  Regard fields

17.  Acoustical separation

18.  New trash enclosure

19.  Work room/copy room

20.  New parking (60 stalls)

21.  New concrete sidewalk

22.  Park site, not used

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