PROJECTHISTORY
May 2008: County Commissioners approved purchasing land for a new high school.
November 2017: County and District received approval for initial $2.3 million grant for new high school.
March 2019: County Commissioners finance workshop where various options for funding a new high school were discussed by First Tryon the County’s advisers.
March 2019: County Commissioners approved grant application for high school.
September 2019: County and District received facility study results; Conclusion: The high school must be replaced to make space for growing enrollment.
November 2019: County and District received approval for remaining $10 million grant for new high school.
October 2019-October 2020: District developed an educational program for high school.
July 2020: County Commissioners approved preliminary site investigation on the proposed high school site.
August 2020: County Commissioners approved the $33 million ballot question for a total project budget of $45,287,400 based upon a combination of a 10 cent property tax increase, sales tax revenues and the NC Grant funds.
November 2020: Voters overwhelmingly said YES!
May 2020: M. B. Kahn Construction, Co. Inc. & Moseley Architects receive Design Notice to Proceed.
May 2020 – December 2021: Design Progress.
November 2020 – December 2021: County and District prepare required financial documentation and site evaluations for the USDA loan process.
January 2022: M. B. Kahn prepared updated project budget for the grant application + paused design.
January 2022 – July 2022: Awaiting results of grant allocations and state budget.
April 2022: County and District received approval for additional $27,712,800 million grant for new high school to increase grant award to a total of $40 million.
July 2022: NC State Budget passed and County and District received an additional $10 million grant for new high school to increase grant award to a total of $50 million.
July 2022 – March 2023: County and District discuss potential options for site including a new site or purchasing property adjacent to the existing site.
July 2022 – March 2023: District discusses options for adding scope to the project.
March 2023: Property options are no longer available and the project will move forward on the original site.
March 2023: M. B. Kahn presents prioritization of added scope to Board of Education.
May 2023: M. B. Kahn and Moseley prepare and present results of a two-story design analysis at the request of the Board of Education.
June 2023: Board of Education and Board of Commissioner’s approve proceeding with a two-story design and $80,000,000 project budget.
Project Contribution By:
Camden County Board of Commissioners: Tiffney White, Chair | Ross Munro, Vice Chair | Sissy Aydlett, Commissioner | Randy Krainiak, Commissioner | Troy Leary, Commissioner
Camden County Manager: Erin Burke, County Manager
Camden County Board of Education: Dr. Jason Banks, Chair | Chris Purcell, Vice Chair | Kevin Heath, Board Member | Magen O'Neal, Board Member | Christian Overton, Board Member
Camden County Schools Superintendent: Dr. Linda Carr, Superintendent