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Check out the bond update presentation above from tonight’s LCS Board of Education meeting!

As the 2024-25 school year has kicked into high gear, the multipurpose room construction at Murphy (below) is progressing nicely, while the parking lot paving at the LCS Bus Garage is complete (above).

LCS Community –  As the bond work continues throughout this summer at many Lapeer Community Schools buildings, we want to update you with how the work will coincide with the district’s planning for the reconfiguration that will take place prior to the 2025-26 school year. 2024-25 school year: 2025-26 school year: The top priority with…

Bond work is continuing across Lapeer Community Schools with daily progress being made at a number of locations. New HVAC units are being installed at all elementary schools. The parking lot at the Bus Garage is about set to be redone. The cement has been poured at Lapeer High School for the new science lab…

At Lapeer High School, the footings have been installed, in addition to underground utilities and two layers of block for what will be the new science labs. At Turrill Elementary School, the walls are being constructed for the new multi-purpose room.

The gym walls are starting to go up at Murphy Elementary School. A crane lowers a bar joist that will be part of the new gym’s roof/ceiling at Schickler Elementary School. The gym walls are coming together at Schickler Elementary School. Stay tuned to LapeerBond.com for bond updates during the summer months!

Bond projects are continuing across the District, as warm weather is making it conducive for more outside work. Over Spring Break, new flooring was installed at Schickler Elementary, while at Lapeer High School, work has started outside on the new Multi-Purpose Room as well as what will be the new Science Labs, located near the…

Back in March 2023, we posted our first invitations to bid for our safety and security packages.  We are now at the point where bids have been accepted and are now working through the construction phase of our HVAC work at the elementary schools as well as gym additions and laying the groundwork for science…

The demolition of the north and northeast sections of the CFI-West Campus is officially complete. The fences have been taken down and the soil graded out. This was a major bond-funded project that began last spring with the clearing out of interior spaces and hazardous material remediation. Back in July, the excavators began taking down…

LAPEER — Following a winter of mostly indoor work, several major projects funded by the Lapeer Community Schools 2022 Bond will begin in earnest this spring. Last fall, the footprints of the District’s three new elementary multipurpose spaces were laid out — starting in early spring, the heavy lifting begins. “We’re so excited about the…

In the last two weeks, members of our bond team have met with key stakeholders in our performing arts program to finalize plans for the renovation of the Lapeer High School Auditorium, slated to begin in spring 2025. This is one of the most important aspects of the bond program, and we want to make…

The office space at the Center for Innovation-West Campus is coming together nicely. Soon, our staff at CFI will be able to move from their makeshift offices (in Mrs. Wilcox’s old classroom) to their newly-renovated digs. Check it out!

Since our last update, the demolition project at CFI-West Campus is almost completely buttoned up. Last week, they continued the process of back filling and finishing up the storm work on the site. They finished up the plumbing tie ins and completed the remainder of the concrete sidewalk on the west frontage. The exterior locks…

As you can see, the 50 percent demolition project of the CFI-West facility is almost to the finish line! They have already started bringing in dirt and, soon, they will tackle the huge mound of soil near the northeast corner of Oregon and Millville. We are fortunate to have saved nearly all the trees in…

We have broken ground on the bond-funded multipurpose space addition at Turrill Elementary! The project is expected to be completed in winter 2025. It can’t come soon enough!

The 50 percent demolition of the CFI facility is in the cleanup phase. All the walls are down and the crew is taking away the last of the rubble. The crew will remove the pilings and thereafter grade out the landscape with soil that was removed from the south parking lot area.

Check out the progress of the 50 percent demolition the CFI-West Campus. All that remains is a portion of the exterior walls.

Here’s an overhead view of the new parking lot on the south side of CFI. To the east is the new retaining pond that will help us with our water problem at the tennis courts. All told, this new lot has 151 spaces that will help us accommodate our current events schedule as well as…

We are starting to see major progress in the 80,000 square foot demolition project at the CFI-West Campus. The lower section is almost completely down along with roughly half of the upper section. On the other side of the campus, the south parking lot extension is almost ready for asphalt. Check out the view from…

Check out the recent progress of the 50 percent demolition project at the CFI-West Campus. They should be done in just a couple weeks!

Here’s a handy up-to-date bond FAQ document for September 2023. This is a document that we will compile on a semi-regular basis as we encounter questions regarding the 2022 School Improvement Bond.

You may have noticed some fencing, like seen in the photo below, going up at Murphy, Schickler and Turrill Elementary Schools.. These are going up around the footprint of our bond-funded multi-purpose rooms. Once they are constructed, all of our elementary schools will have separate gym and cafeteria space (Lynch Elementary already has separate spaces).…