the condition of our buildings is effecting student services
Each year we have to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars from our Education Fund into our Operations and Maintenance Fund.
The loss of Educational Funds will increase each year given the fact that our most recent building is over 30 years old, one building is over 40 years old, one is over 50 years old, three are over 60 years old, another is over 80 years old, and our oldest is over 90 years old.
Remember: We have gone 32 years without any significant investment in our school buildings. This is the longest period without improvement in the history of Jacksonville!
Below are some examples of the facility needs we must address.
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The loss of Educational Funds will increase each year given the fact that our most recent building is over 30 years old, one building is over 40 years old, one is over 50 years old, three are over 60 years old, another is over 80 years old, and our oldest is over 90 years old.
Remember: We have gone 32 years without any significant investment in our school buildings. This is the longest period without improvement in the history of Jacksonville!
Below are some examples of the facility needs we must address.
Click any image to enlarge the picture!
Pictures will be added each day: Please visit often
General Pictures
Here are some general issues that our staff and students face each day.
Turner
Turner is in desperate need of an overhaul. The Vision117 plan includes a complete renovation of the building.
These first two pictures are from the water meter underneath the stairs by the side entrance. The Turner Tours (every Thursday at 5:00 pm) will start here. These pictures can not fully convey the poor shape of the meter, including the smell. Please come see for yourself.
Another tour event will be to see the small, local hot water heater we have had to add. Corrosion in the old galvanized steel piping is preventing the flow of hot water to the kitchen. The second picture is of the old useless hot water connection. These are followed by other pictures that highlight the extreme level of corrosion in our plumbing systems.
Here are some pictures of the physical settling of the building. The first two pictures are of the flooring coming away from the wall on the second floor. There is a gap of nearly an inch between the floor and the wall. Settling is obvious throughout the building. Many of the doors will no longer fully close.
Turner's electrical capabilities were designed for 1956. The building's current system can not meet modern demands. Included below are pictures of the old system, our quick fixes of adding more sub-panels, wall strips of electrical outlets that can not be used without tripping breakers, and more.
Our teachers and students are regularly faced with a temporary loss of power due to an overload on our system. We can not add any more AC units to the school.
Our teachers and students are regularly faced with a temporary loss of power due to an overload on our system. We can not add any more AC units to the school.
Here are other pictures of the building. Included are pictures of gas systems in the science labs that no longer operate, classroom heaters that are not functioning well, and gym lockers for which replacement parts can no longer be ordered.
Water is regularly seeping through the gym floor. The cost to make the repairs and replace the floor is heightened by the need to abate the asbestos underneath.
Water is regularly seeping through the gym floor. The cost to make the repairs and replace the floor is heightened by the need to abate the asbestos underneath.
Washington
Included here are some pictures of the aging plumbing system at Washington. Soon the plumbing in will have to be replaced. This situation is replicated in several of our buildings. The entire building will need extensive overhaul.
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Please take note of the temperatures that our students are facing inside the school.
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Lincoln
Included in these pictures of Lincoln are the "tunnels" underneath the school. The piping for the heating systems are in such poor shape that we lose hundreds of gallons of water each day during the winter.
