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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 27-29, 2016 Continued From A-9 SSSD master plan Light bulb goes off for NSSD Upgraded LED lighting could save $27,000 a year mendations for updates that may be needed," he said. "We want to know what is the current conditions of those buildings, so that we can get a vision of how far into the future they're going to be usable for us." Next, the master planner will work with a demographer to analyze potential growth to give the district an idea of what its student population will look like over the next 20 years. That information will be used to determine whether the district needs to build additions onto its current schools, or potentially build a new school, to accommodate the expected growth. Bigelow told The Park Record previously that he expected an addition to the high school, which is already at capacity, to be necessary at the very least. Bigelow said Monday that the initial master planning work will hopefully be completed by the early summer, but work on any projects may be unlikely to begin this year. If the master planner recommends facilities upgrades, the district would then have several steps to complete, such as coming up with a plan to finance the projects, before ground could be broken. Additionally, Bigelow said, the district is intentionally taking extra care to dot all the "i's" and cross the "t's" along the way. "We need to see what the recommendations are and what the financial impact is going to be," he said. "Are there some things we can take care of with reserves we have set aside for some of this? Or is it going to require more significant financing, such as bonding. Really, at this point, the district nor the Board is looking out that far. They want to see what the information brings, then they'll start discussing the next steps." A-11 The Park Record By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record The North Summit School District has had a bright idea. The district is set to replace the fluorescent lighting throughout its three schools with energyefficient LED light bulbs in an effort to save money and leave a smaller carbon footprint. Jerre Holmes, superintendent, said the initial cost of replacing the lighting will be about $100,000, but the district will pocket about $27,000 of savings a year from a lower electricity bill. Continued From A-10 Drum ensemble which is typically filled with juniors and seniors. The chance to perform in the ensemble for their entire high school careers could give them a leg up if they choose to pursue music in college. "It's really cool for them," Hughes said. "My favorite part about it is two-fold: One, it's great motivation for the two of them to continue what they're doing. They were both already extremely hard workers, and this gives them another reason to continue that or even step it up to the next level. And being so young, they still have so much room to grow. For them now, they could realistically audition for music school a couple of years from now and have a pretty darn good chance Additionally, the new lighting will provide the district with some much-needed financial flexibility. The initial $100,000 investment will come from the capital fund, where the district is healthy, but the yearly savings will affect the more cashstrapped maintenance and operations fund. By law, the district is not allowed to transfer money between the funds, but this solution is a bit of a workaround. Holmes said the money the district will save will make a meaningful impact for students. "That's the real win-win for us," he said. "While $27,000 isn't a lot when you're talking a multi-million dollar budget, when you break it down to a teacher salary, a first-year teacher would be $34,000. Just to be able to have that kind of money, whether it be for a teacher or a couple more aides or a professional development day, is huge. The possibilities that $27,000 carry in our district are pretty good. That's a good, workable number." The new light bulbs are set to be installed as early as March. Holmes is aiming to have at least one school completed by the time the school year ends. "The only ones we're not going to change out will be the lights on the football field," he said. In addition to the financial benefits, the switch allows the district to do its part to help the environment and aid the Summit Community Power Works energy project. "We feel good about it," Holmes said. "The fact that we are going green is, I think, a good lesson for kids. There's just no reason not to do this." of getting in. Some of the students who don't audition for HYPE until they're older, it might be a good experience but it might be a little too late for them to grow a lot." Fernandez and Dinger agreed that being in HYPE offers a chance to improve drastically as musicians. They said playing alongside so many other talented percussionists is inspiring. "I know that I'm definitely not better than a lot of the others who are absolutely fantastic musicians," Dinger said. "But no matter what you're playing level is, they're all really uplifting and nice and try to help you get better. It's never negative, which is way cool." Having two players selected to HYPE is also a good bellwether for Park City's band program, in general. Hughes said Fernandez and Dinger serve as positive examples to the rest of the students coming up through the program. "It's incredible motivation for everyone else to see two of the younger students make the ensemble," he said. 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