On Monday, the school board updated facility and grounds use fees effective January 1, 2010.

Assistant Superintendent Thomas Van Soelen points to the last item on the school board’s agenda for an answer to the question, “How much did the Tennesee Volunteers pay the Decatur school system for use of the DHS field?”

An attachment included with the item gives the breakdown of fees to rent DHS stadium…

Field/Stadium Usage Fees

• $200 per hour without scoreboard use
• $250 per hour with scoreboard use Minimum: $200 Maximum: $2,500 per day (12 hours per day) Maximum: $15,000 per week (12 hours per day, seven days)
• $75 per hour for field lights in addition to field use fee
• $225 for each lining of the field in addition to field use fee

Van Soelen states “Tennessee was charged nearly that amount…”

And for those of us with grand plans of renting out the new auditorium for non-school events, check out auditorium rental fees after the jump…

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In an effort to urge CSD to reevaluate the decision to renovate 5th Avenue Elementary as the city of Decatur’s new 4/5 Academy, a group of residents is circulating an email with a lengthy letter detailing their concerns.  Recipients of the email are urged to “sign” the note, which will be sent to the City of Decatur schools administration today.

The full letter can be read after the jump.

As of this posting, City of Decatur schools administration have not responded to requests by DM regarding this email or the 5th Avenue acreage issue.

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In line with projections given during the reconfiguration effort, next week’s school board agenda caps the cost of renovating 5th Avenue Elementary into a new 4/5 academy at $8 million.

The not to exceed project budget is $8.0 M. This number is to include program management, surveys, geotechnical reports, environmental abatement, design and construction of the building, the design builder’s fee and material testing as well as the Owner’s FFE and a 5% contingency.

The school board is scheduled to give 5th Ave’s construction contract to New South Construction and employ the architectural services of Chapman Coyle Chapman Architects.

Here’s the other half of the list sent to me by the city: the candidates who paid their $35 to run for CSD school board.

At-Large – Valarie D. Wilson  (incumbent) Robert H. Pope,  Elizabeth A. Hagberg, Carla Melissa Anderson

School Board Dist 1 - Marc J. Wisniewski  (incumbent), Judith Lomas, Garrett Goebel, Alan Greenberg

School Board Dist 2 – Bernadette J. Seals (incumbent), Stephan Yurman, Dr. Catherine W Carter, Mildred Thompkins