The school board of Round Lake Area District 116 may reallocate $500,000 earmarked to build a technical campus at Round Lake High School.
At a meeting this month, board member James Hult, who heads the Finance Committee, said that the funds could be put to better use.
Hult said the floor of one of the high school gymnasiums is in need of repair. “With the gym floor, we have a dangerous situation for our kids to be playing there,” he said.
Hult speculated that it would cost $100,000 to repair the roof of the school’s newer gym and the floor of the school’s older gym, work that would be necessary to bring the school into compliance with the state life safety code.
The $500,000 is designated for the construction of four classrooms and a technical lab, where students would have access to state-of-the-art technical and computer equipment.
Board member Linda Molidor said there is no money to buy equipment for the lab. The lab and classrooms were to be built on the second floor of the former metal shop, which is used for storage.
Administrators are gathering information on the possibilities for reallocating the funds, said Kurt Valentin, business affairs director. A report will be delivered to Supt. Mary Davis and to the Finance Committee, he said. The committee requested that the report be available for its May meeting.
The money came from the $11 million building bond proposal that voters approved in a March 1996 referendum.
