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BPHS HISTORY
Bethel Park High School opened at 309 Church
Road in 1959 as a campus-style high school.
Additional buildings were added over the years,
and currently, the campus is home to eight
buildings (350,000 square feet) on an 80 acre campus. The last major renovation of the
high school was a multi-phase project that was
completed in 1996 at a cost of $20 million and
included renovations to Buildings 1, 2, 3 and 4;
the Media Center and the Physical Education
Building.
district BREAKS GROUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
of a new bethel park high school
Please
click
here to learn
more about the Groundbreaking Ceremonies and click
here to see
some photos of the ceremony.
BIDS
AWARDED ARE 18% UNDER PROJECTIONS!
At a Special Meeting held on Monday, January 5,
2009 the Bethel Park Board of School Directors
set a "maximum project cost" of $98,800,000 and a
"maximum building construction cost" of
$81,440,423. The difference between these
two numbers is that the maximum building cost
does not include "soft costs" such as
architectural fees, construction management
fees, engineering fees, site work, etc. that is
included in the maximum project cost.
On Thursday, August 20, 2009, the Bethel Park
Board of School Directors awarded bids for the
construction of the new Bethel Park High School
in the amount of $73,312,745, which are $17 million
under projections!
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here
to learn more!
FINANCING THE
NEW SCHOOL
On
June 15, 2009 the Bethel Park School District
borrowed $94,290,000, with an interest rate
ranging from 1.15% to 5.10%, on a 25-year bond
issue that will pay for the construction of the
new Bethel Park High School. This will be the
only bond issue needed to pay for this project.
WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS?
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We anticipate the completion of the project
by August 2012. The old high school
will NOT
be torn down until the new building is
completed and staff, students, furniture and
equipment have moved into their new home.
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Construction Timeline
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here to
learn more about the construction process,
including the timeline/details of the phasing
plan for construction and demolition plan for
the current campus, once the new school is
built.
PROGRESS PHOTOS
AERIAL PHOTOS
UPCOMING EVENTS
MEETING MINUTES AND HANDOUT
MATERIALS
Please click
here to
view meeting minutes and detailed drawings from recent Facilities Committee
Meetings with the Architects regarding the High
School Project.
MEETING STREAMING VIDEO
Please click
here
to see streaming video of previous meetings the Bethel Park Board of School Directors had regarding discussion/voting on the High School Project.
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