Summer School for NUSD Construction Team

School may out for the summer for students but not for the Novato Unified School District’s construction manager, Dave Ashe. He said his teams are still on campus, using the time to get some approved large-scale projects under way and some sidewalk repairs completed before students return in the fall.

Most of the work is going on at  (K-8), where construction has started on a new blacktop playground with two portables, a gymnasium, and a new administration building with a Nave Drive entrance and parking for the school.

The at Hamilton Meadow Park is a joint project with the city of Novato. Budgeted at more than $4.5 million, the gym and associated school entrance off of Nave Drive is not expected to be completed until the middle of March.

Here’s a summary of the school construction projects taking place this summer and the funding sources:

Hamilton Meadow Park School

Project: Paving and portables
Budget: $516,935
Funding: Measure A

Project: Administration building
Budget: $1,606,844
Funding: Developer fees

Project: Gymnasium
Budget: $4,694,000
Funding: Novato Unified School District funds half with developer fees. City of Novato funds half, including a Healthy Communities grant of $1 million from the state of California.

Novato High School

Project: Fieldhouse (restroom building) renovation
Budget: $125,000
Funding: Measure A

Project: Concrete sidewalks to provide ADA access
Budget: $197,000
Funding: Measure A

Project: Career Center renovation
Budget: $614,000
Funding: Measure A

Lu Sutton Elementary & Sinoloa Middle School

Project: Concrete sidewalks to provide ADA access
Budget: $516,000
Funding: Measure A

Loma Verde Elementary & San Jose Middle School 

Project: Concrete sidewalks to provide ADA access
Budget: $372,870
Funding: Measure A

Lynwood Elementary

Project: Paving and 2 new portables
Budget: $185,185
Funding: Measure A