75 schools received improvements

• 1.9 Million square feet of new space added
• 6 brand new schools (Christa McAuliffe, Enders, Isely, Northeast, Ortiz and Southeast) and 3 rebuilt schools (Dodge, Mueller and Spaght)
• 214 classrooms added to existing or replacement schools; 282 classrooms in new schools, 17 portable classrooms removed

60 safe rooms - All of our schools have safe rooms. Wichita Public Schools was the first district in the country to install safe rooms and is the largest school district in the country to have a safe room in all of its schools.

Technical Education upgrades at 5 high schools, new facilities at 2 brand-new high school buildings

9 libraries added or expanded

12 new elementary and 1 middle school cafeterias; 2 elementary and 3 middle school cafeterias enlarged

Multipurpose rooms added to 13 elementary schools and 1 high school

17 renovated high school and middle school auditoriums, 3 new auditoriums, 4 new schools with auditoriums

7 high school music suites;  5 expanded middle school music and/or art classrooms

7 new high school gymnasiums, 1 new high school practice gymnasium

7 middle school gymnasiums

7 new swimming pools

6 tennis court complexes

7 all-weather turf fields tracks at high schools; 5 all-weather tracks at middle schools

26 schools with added or upgraded student support space

20 general contractors, 11 mechanical subcontractors, 12 electrical subcontractors, 18 architectural firms

• 92 school projects received improvements as part of the 5-year construction plan.
• 6 reconstructed school facilities: Earhart, Horace Mann, Allen, Enterprise, Linwood and Washington
• ALL district schools are now air conditioned; 67 schools now have air conditioning that didn’t when the bond referendum was passed in April 2000.
• School improvements include:
  o   1.2 million square feet of newly-constructed space
  o   6 million square feet of existing space fully or partially renovated
  o   30+ “safe rooms” constructed in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Association to serve dual purpose as both student space (gymnasiums, classrooms) and shelter from severe weather
  o   Two brand new schools added to the district in northeast Wichita: Stucky Middle School, constructed on land donated by Koch Industries, and Jackson Elementary School
  o   500+ new classrooms replaced temporary, inadequate spaces
  o   150+ new science labs in every middle and high school
  o   20 new libraries, 13 more renovated
  o   218 portable classroom buildings demolished