Breaking down the school sales tax — from the $12.5M auditorium to the $100K roof
Voters will have two questions on their general election ballot Nov. 8 pertaining to a list of capital improvement projects for the Beaufort County School District.
Both the proposed 1-percent, educational sales tax and bond referendum would be used to pay for the same $217 million plan. On the ballot, the costs will be grouped by type of capital improvement: construction, land acquistion, additions and renovations, HVAC upgrades and roof replacements.
Here are the costs of each project on that list:
Constructing and equipping of new facilities
Two new schools, one of which with future additions as necessary in the Bluffton area: $105.38 million
Land acquisition
Purchase land for new school facilities: $7 million
Additions/renovations to existing facilities
Beaufort High School wrestling room: $1.51 million
Bluffton High School wrestling and weight rooms: $1.51 million
Hilton Head High School building additions and renovations: $13 million
Hilton Head Middle School building and parking addition: $5.93 million
May River High School new wing addition: $11.4 million
River Ridge Academy eight-classroom wing addition: $2.91 million
River Ridge Academy four-classrooms on two wings: $1.95 million
River Ridge Academy concessions building, parking and drive: $927,000
Riverview Charter School gym addition and building renovations: $3.55 million
Robert Smalls International Academy concessions, restroom, storage building: $737,000
Whale Branch Early College High School gym addition: $4.43 million
Whale Branch Early College High School auditorium: $12.48 million
HVAC upgrades to existing facilities
Battery Creek High School: $1.23 million
Beaufort Middle School: $2.34 million
Bluffton Elementary School: $1.78 million
Bluffton High School: $1.16 million
Coosa Elementary School: $1.87 million
District Educational Services Center: $283,000
H. E. McCracken Middle School: $1.39 million
Hilton Head High School: $551,000
Hilton Head Middle School: $121,000
Lady’s Island Middle School: $1.94 million
District Office Maintenance Building: $76,600
Port Royal Elementary School: $1.16 million
Okatie Elementary School: $1.71 million
Whale Branch Elementary School: $1.21 million
Roof replacement and waterproofing to existing facilities
Beaufort High School: $1.56 million
Bluffton Elementary School: $927,000
H.E. McCracken Middle School: $2.54 million
Hilton Head Island High School: $5.23 million
Hilton Head International Baccalaureate (Red and Yellow): $4.05 million
Hilton Head School for the Creative Arts: $2.89 million
Hilton Head Middle School: $2.21 million
Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School: $245,000
Lady’s Island Middle School: $2.86 million
District Office Maintenance Building: $483,000
Islands Academy (at District Educational Services Center): $292,000
District Educational Services Center: $292,000
Robert Smalls International Academy: $1.31 million
Whale Branch Middle School: $873,000
This story was originally published November 3, 2016 at 11:36 AM with the headline "Breaking down the school sales tax — from the $12.5M auditorium to the $100K roof."