Quincy Schools buildings go on the market
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 11 months AGO
This building at 404 1st Ave. SW in Quincy will be remodeled to provide the Quincy School District with a new administrative office. The current district office and another building on J Street SW are slated to be sold.
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QUINCY — Quincy School District officials will start advertising the existing district office and the former support services buildings for sale. A public hearing on the proposed sale at the Quincy School Board meeting Tuesday didn’t generate any comment for or against it.
Quincy Superintendent Nik Bergman said the property will be advertised for sale immediately, but can’t actually be sold for 45 days. The properties were appraised early this week, he said.
Bergman said in an earlier interview that the current district office, 119 J St. SW, is too small for the existing staff.
The district office will need a new home, and district officials are remodeling the former alternative high school, 404 First Ave. SW, to provide that.
“We have started work (on) the High Tech High conversion,” Bergman said. “They started April 3, and we hope to have it done by Sept. 1.”
Tom Harris, the district’s facilities director, said in an earlier interview that the new district office will have six offices, a number of other workstations, and two meeting rooms. Board members approved a $687,000 contract March 27 with Leone & Keeble, Spokane, for the remodeling work.
The district bought an existing building next to its transportation facility, 701 F St SE, to house the support services department, which includes the IT department among others. The support services department already has moved into its new building, said Shawn Fuller, the district’s tech director.
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