Butler School Board eyes concepts for high school additions
Butler Area School Board members viewed two concepts for potential additions to the high school during a meeting Monday night.
IKM architects presented renderings of two additions, one adding classrooms and another adding an auxiliary gym.
“We're currently in the phase where we're trying to fine-tune what we need so we can get cost estimates,” Butler Superintendent Brian White said Tuesday.
White said the basic need for the additions stems from the district's plans for future reorganization.
The Butler Middle School has been estimated to need $20 million of capital improvements. The board plans to close it.
This would shift the grade levels through its existing schools, with grades kindergarten through fifth at the elementary schools; sixth through eighth at the Butler Intermediate School; and grades nine through 12 the high school.
“Unfortunately there's not enough space at the senior high school to handle four grades,” White said.
According to White, these are the early stages of planning, so the board did not make any decisions at Monday's meeting regarding the ideas they saw.
He said there will be more information and analysis to come later.
