Abstracts of Funded Projects – Fiscal Year 2013

Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program

CFDA: 84.041C

All Tribes Charter School

34320 Valley Center Road

Valley Center, CA 92082

Project Director: Mary Ann Donohue

760-749-5982

Funding: $3,881,900

All Tribes Charter School serves students in grades 6 through 12, the majority of whom live on the surrounding Indian lands. The school has an enrollment of 109 students and operates from thirteen re-located portable classrooms purchased from another charter school in 2004. At the time of purchase the buildings were over 20 years old. The buildings have deteriorated over the years and are a hazard to the students, staff and visitors. There are numerous electrical problems and fire code issues. The floor in the office and cafeteria has several holes. The roofs leak and mold is in several classrooms. Entry steps to the buildings do not meet ADA approval and create a hazard for all, including people with disabilities. The district will replace the outdated collection of portable classrooms with a new, portable, modular school facility.

Douglas School District #51-1

400 Patriot Drive

Box Elder, SD 57719

Project Director: Loren Scheer

605-923-0007

Funding: $4,000,000.00

Douglas School District #51-1 has an enrollment of 381 students. The Vandenberg Elementary School has several issues. The existing building is in the designated Flight Zone of the runway of Ellsworth Air Force Base. The flight zone has an elevated noise level from the B1-B bombers taking off and landing. The foundation of the masonry walls have cracked and deteriorated. Doors, windows and floors have been affected. The HVAC system does not meet current codes for fresh air requirements. The entire roof deck for the facility is an asbestos containing material. The material cannot be abated without removing the entire roof. These conditions adversely affect the health, safety and well-being of the occupants of the school facility. Students’ instructional program is interrupted. The replacement of Vandenberg Elementary School will be approximately 75,000 square feet in size on a single level. The site where the school will be constructed is adjacent to the Douglas School District Administration Building and is outside of the designated Flight Zone of Ellsworth Air Force Base. The new school facility will include 24 classrooms, an administration area, computer lab, special education classrooms, library, music areas, art room, gymnasium, commons/cafeteria, kitchen, and support areas. The district will provide a local share of $7.6 million for this new school project.

Lodge Grass Elementary School District #27

P.O. Box 810

Lodge Grass, MT 59050

Project Director: John Small

406-639-2712

Funding: $470,700

Lodge Grass Elementary School District serves 159 students at Lodge Grass School on the Crow Reservation. The elementary facility is shared with Lodge Grass High School District. Water pressure from city lines is often insufficient to operate the current fire suppression system, located only on the high school side of the building. The heating system is at risk of failure due to primary circulating pumps being at the end of their useful life and leaking underground boiler lines. Grant funds will provide a fire suppression system on the elementary side of the school, including an automatic fire sprinkler system and on-site water storage, and replace boiler lines and circulating pumps.

Lower Kuskokwim School District

P.O. Box 805

Bethel, AK 99559

Project Director: Jacob Jensen,

907-543-4800

Funding: $2,616,974

Lower Kuskokwim School District has an enrollment of 187 students. They own their lagoon which is jointly operated with the city of Nunapitchuk. Wastewater from the city water treatment plant, the washateria, the school and teacher housing is discharged to the lagoon via a central force main that extends from the water treatment plant and school. The sewage lagoon presents a threat to the health of the students, staff, and the entire community. Repairs were made to the dikes in the lagoon in order to keep the lagoon in serviceable condition. These repairs are expected to last only five years. The long-range solution is to repair the current dikes and to build an additional treatment cell so the district can achieve full Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation compliance. This option will provide a facility with secondary treatment capable of treating 20-year projected loads and will satisfy current state design guidelines and wastewater permit requirements.

Harlem High School District #12

Box 339

Harlem, MT 59526

Project Manager:Rhonda K. Baker

406-353-2289

Funding: $68,500.00

Harlem High School has an enrollment of 152 students. The roof has significant deterioration and no longer supports the chiller safely. If the roof goes unrepaired it could collapse onto the new boilers installed beneath the roof and could potentially injure an employee. The HVAC system could also be damaged, including the hot water system for the school. Without proper heating and cooling the learning environment for the students would be unworkable. Lack of hot water would also affect students addressing hygiene needs, food service program operating efficiently and completing custodial services. Replacing the existing roof will provide more support to sustain the weight of the chiller and resolve the emergency.

Ganado Unified School District #20

Box 1757

Ganado, AZ 86505

Project Director:William L. Allbrooks

928-755-1011

Funding: $1,076,433

Ganado School District #20 has an enrollment of 1,462. The first concern will be to address the setting and shifting of the foundation in the main high school building, which has created cracks in the building structure. The building is an unsafe environment as it no longer meets building safety standards. The second concern is to restore the chemistry lab to its original use as an instructional lab. Upgrades will be done on the sinks/faucets, gas jets, and electrical receptacles to bring them up to code. The project will address issues of health and safety of students and staff who occupy these buildings as well as bring building up to standards and compliance with environmental regulations

Red Mesa Unified School District

H.C. 61, Box 40

Teec Nos Pos, AZ 86514

Project Director: Michele W. Scott

928-656-4112

Funding: $6,805,440.00

Red Mesa has an enrollment of 921 students. There are several system failures in the wing of the high school that currently houses regular classrooms, vocational classrooms, and the gymnasium. The electrical wiring system and the HVAC system is not working properly, and there is no fire suppression system. The plumbing supply and sewage system at all restrooms needs to be brought up to standard. The existing facilities do not have the space or structural endurance to support the major remodeling. The district will rebuild this aging wing in order to resolve these system failures.

Wellpinit School District #49

Box 390

Wellpint, WA 99040

Project Director: Vickie LeBret

509-258-4535

Funding: $532,689

Wellpinit School District has an enrollment of 161 students. Wellpinit Elementary School’s students and staff’s health, safety and well-being are at risk due to outside persons and stray animals. The school is adjacent to a group of tribal agency buildings that house the tribal court, tribal jail, and tribal social service and clinical programs. These agencies provide services directly to adult tribal members with mental health and substance abuse problems, including those facing criminal charges. There have been several incidents where a school official had to protect students from outsiders coming onto the property. The project will address the emergency condition by installing a video surveillance security system within the school facility.