Lafayette Elementary School

August 2024

Welcome to the August Construction Update for Lafayette Elementary School. As we fast approach the return of staff and students, all the projects around the school have been completed or are  near completion. Staff and students will return to playground improvements, a repaved parking lot, and new ceilings among other renovations. Below is a short list of activities that will be taking place during the early part of August:

• Complete work on the playground areas, including the installation of the new surfaces in select areas

• Ceilings in selected areas of the school completed

• Complete exterior punch walk by 8/9

We are excited for the changes that have been made here at Lafayette Elementary School this summer, and we hope you and your student(s) feel the same way. We know that this project impacted the school community this summer and we thank you for all your patience and support. We look forward to seeing you for the start of the 2024-25 school year!

Read more about the August project update here

July 2024

Welcome to the July Construction Update for Lafayette Elementary School. There have been projects big and small taking place at LES so far, and we are very pleased with the progress.  While some tasks have been completed, others are just starting, with a full completion date early next month. Note that as we move closer to the start of the 2024-25 school year, we will provide you with specific details about any final details of the project. Below is a list of what is happening at LES during the month of July:

Complete playground work, including:  

• Install poured-in-place rubberized surface material, reinstall tops of playground equipment, reinstall wood chips in select areas, stripe basketball and tetherball courts

Other areas of the campus:

• Remove asphalt in parking lot, repave and stripe
• Install the equipment for paging across the campus
• Install speakers in office, hallways and on the exterior for the paging system
• Testing and final inspections

We are excited for the many changes coming to Lafayette for the coming school year.  We hope that this message finds you and your family enjoying the summer break and that your student(s) are “recharging their batteries'' for the coming school year.  As always, we appreciate the support of the LES community and remain grateful to the voters for providing BVSD the funds to make this all possible!

June 2024

Welcome to the June Construction Update for Lafayette Elementary School. We want to congratulate you and your student(s) on another successful year at Lafayette and hope that this message finds your summer off to a great start! Activity around the construction site has kicked into gear since the Memorial Day weekend. Work is taking place in select areas inside the school and on the playgrounds around the site. In addition, areas of the roof will be repaired/replaced. While the campus will be largely closed during construction, please be sure to follow all construction related safety signage if you do happen to come by. Work planned for June is detailed below:

• Mill and overlay driveway area in front of school

• Restripe parking lot

• Remove select playground landing zones and equipment and replace with accessible surfacing and play equipment; restripe playground surfaces; install landscape boulders

• Remove and replace the hot water heater and associated equipment and piping 

• Updates to the ceiling in the library

• Inspection, testing and updating of the school-wide paging system

Read more about the June project update here

May 2024

Our $1.14 million project will begin immediately after Memorial Day weekend (with some site mobilization taking place in the days leading up to the end of school) and will be substantially complete by early August. Highlights of the project are described below:

• Boiler and hot water heater replacement

• Improved playground structures and surfacing (including ADA improvements)

• Ceiling tile replacement in select areas of the school

• Intercom update and improvements

• Repair and replacement of select areas of the roof

• Repainting of the “snake” at the northeast playground

Read more about the May project update here

April 2024

The Contractors are gearing up to start work on the building updates and improvements in our Critical Needs Plan. Construction will begin after the students leave for summer break.

February 2024

The Board approved the GMP Contract in January. Construction is scheduled to commence on June 3, 2024 with a substantial completion date of August 2, 2024.

December 2023

Construction documents were issued in November and the contractor's guaranteed maximum price (GMP) will be reviewed in mid-December with a contract anticipated to go to the Board in January. Construction is planned for summer 2024.

September 2023

• The project team has been meeting with school staff since last spring to understand the school's needs and develop the design.

• The design is proceeding on schedule and bidding will occur in November/December. 

• Construction for Phase 1 projects will begin in the spring/summer of 2024.

July 2023

• Schematic Design (SD) documents are anticipated on Jul. 28.

• Meetings with staff to review design will be scheduled upon staff’s return. 

• Design Documents (DD) are scheduled to be issued mid-September with final Construction Documents (CD) scheduled to deliver to BVSD at the end of October.

May 2023

Design for this project will begin this month with a meeting between the architect, project manager and school principal. Design will continue through the summer. Construction documents will be completed this fall with bidding to follow. Construction is anticipated for next spring/summer.