The Jefferson County R-7 School District voted on August 5th, 2008 to build a new 90,000+ square foot high school to expand beyond a Kindergarten to 8th grade district. The R-7 School District previously sent their high school students and tuition for those students to three neighboring districts.  With the annual increases in tuition costs, the time was right to build their own facility and retain the tuition dollars within the district.  The district opened the new facility for classes in the fall of 2009 with full completion expected by the end of the year.

CCS Group has been hired by the District to serve as the Owner’s representative through the design, budgeting, bidding and award of contracts, and the full build out of the project.  We will develop and maintain the project constructions schedules with input from each of the contractors and provide continuous on-site construction observation to insure the owner's interests are represented

Architect - Dickinson Hussman Architects
Civil Engineer - Clayton Engineering
Grading Contractor - Bloomsdale Excavating
Building Contractor - Goodwin Brothers Construction

The Board of Education directive is to have the new high school ready for the fall of 2009.  Due to the failure of the initial bond issue in April of 2008, the design and construction schedule was shortened by four months.  Faced with a difficult time frame, the project was split into three packages to help expedite the work.  The site grading package was bid and the contractor released to proceed on Sept 5, 2008. 

Bid package #2 is for the balance of all site work and was bid in October 2008, work began in November and was completed at the building site by Christmas 2008. 

The building package was released for bidding in November and awarded in early December.  Work began on January 2nd with the contractor committed to meeting the deadline of August 2009, thus allowing classes to begin.  The "A" Section of the building opened for classes on August 20th and construction on the "B" Section, which includes the gym and music rooms, is on schedule for completion.