<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=49XgqD_0uXJ3yvx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=49XgqD_0uXJ3yvx00" width="1582" height="1045" ><figcaption>Gabriel Reyes, foreground, and Rafael Rios apply a new rubber surface on Friday to a playground at Foothill Elementary School in Boulder. Upgrades to improve playground accessibility at Eisenhower, Foothill, Kohl, Louisville and Nederland elementary schools are happening this summer. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)</figcaption></figure>Even as New Vista High School’s long awaited new building continues to take shape near Broadway in Boulder, smaller construction projects are happening at 12 other Boulder Valley schools this summer.Those schools are Alicia Sanchez Elementary, Angevine Middle School, Boulder Prep Charter School, Broomfield Heights Middle School, Broomfield High School, Centaurus High School, Columbine Elementary School, Creekside Elementary School, Fireside Elementary School, Justice High Charter School, Lafayette Elementary School and University Hill Elementary School.The summer work, a total of about $42 million, is paid for through a $350 million capital construction bond issue approved by voters in 2022.That $40 million also includes a teaching kitchen in addition to the district’s central kitchen and upgrades to improve playground accessibility at Eisenhower, Foothill, Kohl, Louisville and Nederland elementary schools.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=111s6I_0uXJ3yvx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=111s6I_0uXJ3yvx00" width="620" height="416" ><figcaption>Gabriel Reyes, right, and Rafael Rios apply a new rubber surface to a playground at Foothill Elementary School in Boulder on Friday to make the area more accessible to students with mobility devices.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)</figcaption></figure>Boulder Valley spokeswoman Susan Cousins said the playground improvements include adding more solid, rubberized surfaces to make it easier for students with mobility devices to access the equipment, as well as integrating more equipment that can be used by students with disabilities.That includes wider ramps on play structures so they’re easier for students with mobility issues to access, a well as “friendship” swings with two supportive bucket seats facing each other so students can swing together. Another option is a glider with bench seats and space for a wheelchair.“We want to have play options for students with differences to play alongside their peers, not separate from them,” Cousins said.Along with maintenance like roof repairs, fire alarm replacements, HVAC improvements, lot repaving and furniture replacement, the summer projects include upgrades and additions as part of the district’s efforts to expand access to career and technical education classes.Centaurus High School’s engineering program is getting more classroom and woodshop space this summer in a $2.86 million addition being built at the front of the school. Construction on the space is expected to be complete in November and ready for students for second semester.The school recently added intro to cybersecurity to its 22-year-old engineering program, which includes opportunities to earn industry certifications and guaranteed admission to the University of Colorado Boulder’s engineering school for students who meet GPA and test score criteria.The upcoming remodel, part of the $350 million capital construction bond issue approved by voters in 2022, will include two more classrooms and a new woodshop that’s double the size of the current one. The expanded engineering wing will provide more space for prototyping and outdoor learning, as well as allowing the school to enroll more students to meet the demand for the program.Angevine, the middle school that feeds into Centaurus, is getting a remodel of three classrooms, including two connected classrooms that will become STEAM —science, technology, engineering, art and math — labs, creating maker spaces. The school’s culinary classroom is getting new equipment.Broomfield Heights Middle and Broomfield High School also have projects this summer to update their career and technical education spaces. Broomfield High’s renovations include expanding the woodshop, expanding the business center and adding an upgraded computer science classroom.The high school is focusing on infrastructure and applied technology classes, as well as continuing its popular home building project in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Plans include adding opportunities for Broomfield Heights students to participate in the home building project.At Broomfield Heights, construction work will refresh the tech lab and art rooms with a new art teaching wall plus new LED lighting, paint, furniture and fixtures. As with all middle schools, the school is adding a centralized area where students can learn more about Career and Technical Education options. A monitor will display projects happening at each high school and the Boulder Technical Education Center.Boulder Prep, a charter high school in Gunbarrel, is using about $500,000 in bond money to turn an office building next door into an experiential classroom space. The project is expected to be complete by September.The space will be open, with room for a small dance floor, plant grow towers, a tank for a “trout in the classroom” program, and a lift students can use to work on cars. Storage spaces also will allow the school to bring in stations for different classes, such as sewing and robotics.Boulder’s New Vista, the largest and most visible of the current bond projects, is about 70% complete with workers focusing on exterior and interior finishes, said Kris Stoppenhagen, executive director of bond planning and construction.He said construction is expected to be substantially complete on the new building by November. Once the transition to the new building is complete, the district will start asbestos abatement and demolition of the old building.New Vista, at 700 20th St., was the first school under construction, with a groundbreaking last summer, because most of the design work for the 68,000-square-foot building was already complete.Infrastructure improvements to the school were included in a previous bond issue, but were put on hold while the district explored rebuilding it instead. An additional $11 million budgeted for New Vista from a previous bond issue was added to the current project budget, for a total of about $47.2 million.</div></body>

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Even as New Vista High School’s long awaited new building continues to take shape near Broadway in Boulder, smaller construction projects are happening at 12 other Boulder Valley schools this summer. Those schools are Alicia Sanchez Elementary, Angevine Middle School, Boulder Prep Charter School, Broomfield Heights Middle School, Broomfield...

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