battlerealmsrule: A peek at menu for CMS, CPCC bonds

A November referendum on bonds for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Central Piedmont Community College won't be locked in until August, but county commissioners' approval of a capital plan last week makes it a pretty sure thing.CMS and CPCC leaders are talking about the best way to present their needs and plans, while the folks at the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce are kicking around strategies and names for a bond campaign. Publicly-funded bodies can't spend money to influence an election, so there's always a careful line between the public "bond information" campaigns and the privately-funded "vote yes" push.Mecklenburg County' five-year capital plan will provide $290 million for CMS and $210 million for CPCC, says county Finance Director Dena Diorio. Here's how projects break down under that plan:In 2014-15, the county would provide money to finish the last of the CMS 2007 bond projects: A new school to relieve crowding at Highland Creek Elementary and renovations to Hawthorne High. Other 2014-15 projects would be:*Work at Alexander Middle in Huntersville, Myers Park High, Olympic High and Statesville Road Elementary (see details of CMS projects here).*Reopening Oakhurst and Starmount as elementary schools.* Construction of a new preK-8 school in west Charlotte, a new K-8 language immersion school in east Charlotte and a replacement for Nations Ford Elementary on the campus of Waddell Language Academy.* Buying land for a new K-8 magnet in the Ballantyne area and an expansion of Northridge Middle School.* For CPCC, doing work on the Giles Science Building and Cato Campus, plus buying land for projects at the Levine, Central and Merancas campuses.In 2015-16, CMS would get money for projects at East Mecklenburg and South Mecklenburg high schools and Northwest School of the Arts. CPCC would launch projects at the Levine and Harper campuses.In 2016-17, CMS would launch work at Northridge, Selwyn Elementary and five preK-8 schools, while CPCC would get money for a Central Campus project and Terrell renovation/expansion.In 2017-18, CMS would build the new Ballantyne-area K-8 magnet, convert Davidson Elementary to a K-8 school and do career-technology improvements at Garinger, Independence, West Mecklenburg and North Mecklenburg high schools. CPCC would get money for a Hendrick Automotive expansion, renovation/expansion to the Advanced Technology Center and the Merancas Campus project.
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