Show School Construction I Plans Readied for Spring Start Over worth of school hool building construction is ready for bids or will be in the next month according to Ashel J J. J Evans superintendent of Uintah District schools The program includes a new Maeser ei elementary elementary elemen elemen- men tary school building adding a purpose multi-purpose room to the Central Central Central Cen Cen- School and Phase III of Vernal Jr High School FINAL PLANS have been approved approved ap ap- proved by the Board of Education Education and were reviewed by teachers administrators and parents in the area of construction construction tion of all three projects The new Maeser school will cost an estimated It contains 14 class rooms and a amedia amedia amedia media center which is a library library lib lib- with visual aid equipment and room It will also Include a cafeteria with hot lunch kitchen kitchen kit kit- chen facilities and a large multipurpose multipurpose multi multi- purpose room with stage The building will have square feet of space and will have a capacity for H 50 st students dents The new Maeser structure willbe will willbe willbe be built on an acre 18 tract of land behind the Maeser church on the north side of a anew anew anew new road that has been constructed constructed con con- and will be further extended extended extended ex ex- tended to the Merkley Park road The building will face south THE BUILDING will be unique unique uni uni- que as it will be heated with electricity Because of new low rates on electric heating and after exhaustive comparisons compari compari- sons of buildings heated electrically electrically electrically elect elect- in other school districts the school board decided in favor Cavor of this type of heating healing Edwards and Daniels Co are the architects of the building and bids will be let hit as soon as final blueprints are finished sometime in early March stated stated stat stat- ed ed Superintendent Evans vans PHASE III of Vernal Jr High High HighS S hool will include a 1100 seat auditorium and stage and a music center estimated to cost The music area will Include large rooms for instrumental instrumental instrumental mental and vocal instruction offices for music instructors and storage areas for instruments and uniforms The auditorium and music center will be placed on the east eastside eastside eastside side adjoining to and north north of of the present Jr High building Edwards and Daniels are are the architects for this building and bid date is set for February e 26 26 THIS WILL completely l finish the Vernal Jr High school construction con con- which has been built In three phases The The new auditorium auditorium audit orium orlum will be nearly twice twin the size of the capacity at the Uintah High School At Central School a ai multipurpose multi put pose room room i stage stae and gym area to Ash th sh ley Elementary be school will will be built on the the south side ot of the present building In Inthe south wing of the building two classrooms class class- rooms will be remodeled into a amedia amedia amedia media cent center rr oni and the old library room converted into class rooms C Cost st of this remodeling remodeling re re- re modeling and addition is estimated estimated estimated at Richardson and Richardson n nare are the architects of the Central School addition and and is presently present present- ly being advertised for bids to tobe tobe tobe be opened on February February 12 |