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Show A-11 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 14-16, 2016 Blast from a district’s past Designs by Local Park City news every Wednesday and Saturday Knight A Fine Jewelry Boutique Holiday Studio Party! Friday, December 16th, 4-8 pm Enjoy refreshments & fabulous piano music by Kelly Gibson Open House Saturday, 17th Warm Holiday Wishes to all! Custom Designs Estate Jewelry • Appraisals Diamonds & Colored Stones •14k & 18k Gold Platinum • Graduate Gemologist COURTESY OF JEN BILLOW Nancy DeFord, middle, the former superintendent of the Park City School District, stands with Leanne Parry, right, a former school board president, and Bob DeFord at a party celebrating the Park City Education Foundation’s 30th anniversary earlier this month. Continued From A-9 South Summit school school, and that decision would affect how grades are restructured throughout the district to account for the new building. Additionally, no location for the school has been chosen. The Board, though, is considering whether to purchase a plot of land available within the Kamas city limits that could ultimately be the site. Citing ongoing negotiations, Bigelow declined to divulge the address of the land, but said the deadline for the Board to decide is Jan. 31. The answers to many of the questions surrounding a possible new school will become more clear when the committee brings its findings to the public, Bigelow said. The district is set to hold several community input sessions early next year, beginning Jan. 31, before the Board makes any final decisions. Bigelow is hopeful the community, recognizing how crowded school halls have become, will rally behind a plan and allow the district to move quickly forward. “Hopefully after the first couple of these community meetings, we’ll have a sense of how the community feels and what needs to be done and if they’re supportive or not,” he said. “I think the majority of the community understands that the growth is coming and will have an impact on the schools and that something needs to be done.” Bigelow said no timeline has been set for getting the Board’s approval for a project. However, if the district chooses to ask for taxpayer support through a bond -- which is likely -- it would aim to get a measure on the ballot in next year’s general election. “The one hard deadline we have is, if we are going to move assemble forward and there’s a need for bonding, we need to have that prepared and ready to go on next November’s ballot,” he said. The total cost of the potential project is unclear, but it would also include about $30 million in renovations to extend the useful lives of the district’s three current buildings, Bigelow said. Those repairs would not include additions onto the schools, a possibility the committee decided against. The district has roughly $15 million set aside for capital projects. If the district does build a new school in the Kamas area, it’s unlikely that will settle its capital needs for the long-term. The district still anticipates about 400 new students to eventually come from the Silver Creek Village development southeast of the Interstate 80/U.S. 40 interchange, a nearly 20-minute drive from Kamas. Bigelow said there’s a “very good possibility” the district will eventually build a school in the Silver Creek area in the future, once the amount of students there warrants it. PARK CITY Call 435–649–9014 to subscribe today! 1662 Bonanza Dr. Suite 3A Park City, UT 435.649.2005 www.bkjewels.com pibsexchange.com FelicityGardner_8th_Sofa_final.pdf 1 12/7/16 9:55 AM FELICITY GARDNER INTERIOR DESIGN 435-640-4174 · felicity@gardnergroup.co · FelicityGardnerInteriorDesign.com New year, New office ExEcutivE OfficE SpacE in Kimball JunctiOn Private Offices Co-Working Space Work Stations Conference Rooms Receptionist Services why work aloNe? A COMFORTABLE, GOOD QUALITY, STYLISH SOFA MEANS EVERYTHING TO A ROOM. for more information please contact angela at 435-200-1312 info@assembleparkcity.com | www.assembleparkcity.com 151 N. Club Cabins Court 3 Bedrooms | 3 Bath | 2,500 Sq. Ft. MLS 11605454 | $1,095,000 2662 E. Red Knob Way 4 Bedrooms | 6 Bath | 4,475 Sq. Ft. MLS 11605141 | $1,190,000 Just minutes from downtown Park City, owners enjoy: www.RedLedges.com GOLF | TENNIS | EQUESTRIAN | DINING SWIM & FITNESS | SKI LOUNGE Chris Maddox (435) 657-4063 Chris.Maddox@RedLedges.com Exclusively Brokered by Red Ledges Realty, LLC . Obtain the Property Report required by federal law and read it before signing anything. No federal agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property. All descriptions, depictions, and renderings are provided solely for illustrative purposes and are subject to change. ©2017 Red Ledges Land Development, Inc. |