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Show More asbestos delays demolition of old Wahlquist Junior High Page 4 of 4 ThG district may usg moriGy from thG salG of tfiG property to help cover a funding shortfall. A look at costs and revenue for bond projects, presented by the district's business administrator during a Board of Education study session Nov. 20, showed a projected $7.6 million deficit. According to minutes of the study session. Business Administrator Robert Petersen suggested several options for making up the shortfall, including using proceeds from the sale of the Wahlquist junior High land as well as the land on which Club Heights and Marlon Hills elementary schools now sit. Those two schools are being replaced by one larger school, the new Burch Creek Elementary, scheduled to open in the fall of 2016. • RELATED: New school tn be nampri Burch Crppk Eleme-nmrv (http://www.standarrl.net/Edur^tinn/2Q15/Q4/1^/New-5;rhnnl-m-be-nampd-Riirch-Crppk- Eiementarv.htmh Pfister said it's not unusual to develop a shortfall. The last bond was used to build two elementaries and a junior high, purchase and remodel the Weber Innovation Center, and give North Ogden Junior High a better gym. In the amount of time it takes to get estimates, pass a bond and start construction, the economy changes. "Construction costs went up significantly," he said. The ideas presented by Petersen are expected to cover the deficit, meeting minutes said, with enough funds left to pay for needs such as textbooks and buses. You con reach reporter Becky Wright at bwright^stondard.net (mailto:bwrighti^standard.net) or at 801-625-4274 ael:801-6PS-4?7d) Follow her on Twitter at @ReporterBWright fhttDs://twitter.com/ReoorterBWriPht) or like her on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SEheckvwrisht?fref=t^). (/) http.//www.standard.net/Education/2016/01/12/More-asbestos-delays-demolition-of-old-Wa... 9/8/2016 |