Previously approved bond funding will be used for the construction of a new gymnasium belonging to an elementary school in Santa Clara, New Mexico.
That facility, the Central Elementary School, is located at 211 Cedar Street and is a part of the Cobre District Consolidated School District, which is based in Bayard.
Members of the Cobre Consolidated School Board of Education have now voted in favor of building a gymnasium that will measure anywhere from 1,700 to 1,800 square feet.
District officials say the $1.2 million bond will be used to build the gymnasium, foregoing an earlier proposal to use that funding for the construction of a new wrestling gym in the Cobre High School, which is in Bayard.
Voters overwhelmingly approved a $7 million general obligation bond in the late summer of 2017 designed to fund several facility construction and upgrade projects across the district.
As envisioned, the new Central Elementary School gymnasium project will also see the construction of restrooms, a storage and utility room, and office.
Work on the project could begin by summer.
The Cobre School District is comprised of four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, and has an overall enrollment of around 1,200 students.
By Garry Boulard
