A new gym wing is expected to be added to Albuquerque’s 50-year-old El Dorado High School now that funding has been secured through the passage of a successful bond.
The El Dorado High School is located at 11300 Montgomery Boulevard NE and will also see some HVAC upgrade work.
The El Dorado work, with a $33.6 million price tag, is designed to be the first two phases of a planned 5-phase project at the school.
Altogether, voters approved some $630 million as an obligation bond and tax mill levy for a wide variety of Albuquerque Public Schools facilities projects that will also include the building of a new cafeteria and playground at the Corrales Elementary School, located at 200 Target Road in Corrales.
Additional work to be funded by the bond will include the $21.9 million renovation of administrative space at the Hubert Humphrey Elementary School located at 9801 Academy Hills Drive.
One of the largest individual school projects will see the $27 million replacement of the Arroyo del Oso Elementary School at 6504 Harper Drive NE.
Districtwide projects include the $110 million upgrade of classroom technology, $12 million in school security work, and $15 million for HVAC facility upgrades.
The bond question passed with nearly 70% of the vote.
By Garry Boulard
