KENNEBUNKPORT – Kennebunkport Consolidated Elementary School which opened in 1953, is long overdue for an overhaul, say town officials.
According to a memo sent to the board of selectmen from Town Manager Larry Mead, the school did not have enough space at the time it was opened.
Classrooms were added for the 1955-56 school year and, in 1966, the gymnasium wing was built. Although the school was renovated in 1990, the plan did not include additional space.
The nearly 60-year-old school will undergo an estimated cost of $9.8 million in renovations. Harriman Architects is working with RSU 21 as a consultant on the project.
Mead’s memo to the board of selectmen outlines the current plan, which would replace the present gym and kitchen “with an addition to house a new gym and kitchen, as well as a music room and performance stage, library, art room and office space.”
Before the building can be refurbished, the Consolidated School Building Committee must present its recommendations to the Facilities Committee on the school board, which will then review the recommendations with the rest of the school board.
Once a firm plan is in place, the request for a bond will go on the 2013 ballot to be voted on by the general public.
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