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OZARK BOND UPDATE
February 2024
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
YOU'RE INVITED: Ribbon Cutting for Ozark Middle School Storm Shelter
You're invited to join Ozark School District for the official Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the opening of the Ozark Middle School storm shelter and new entrance. Ozark voters approved the $19 million no-tax-increase bond issue on the April 5, 2022, ballot.
- Date: Friday, March 8
- Time: 11:30 a.m.
- Location: 3600 N. Highway NN, Ozark
Students and staff are excited about the new storm shelter! Office staff started moving in to the new front office space in late January and students got the grand tour. Students and parents started entering through the new front doors in early February!
Project Details
- The storm shelter will serve as seven additional classrooms that will be used full-time.
- The project also includes a new entrance and office.
- Groundbreaking for the shelter was in April 2023.
TIGER PAW EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Storm Shelter, Kitchen Set to Open This Spring
The storm shelter at Tiger Paw is nearing completion and we hope to be serving students breakfast and lunch in the new cafeteria this spring. Crews are curretly working on the interior, installing the kitchen floor and equipment. That means we also plan to host a ribbon cutting to celebrate its completion this spring.
Located on Church Street on the south side of Tiger Paw Early Childhood Center, our littlest learners have enjoyed seeing the large machinery and watching the construction workers this school year.
Project Details
- The shelter will serve as a full-time cafeteria.
- This will improve breakfast and lunch time for Ozark’s littlest learners as the gym currently doubles as the cafeteria and meals are delivered twice daily from East Elementary.
- The new kitchen is attached to the east of the shelter, the brick portion pictured above.
- Groundbreaking for the shelter was in April 2023.
OZARK HIGH SCHOOL
Storm Shelter, Indoor Activities Center to Open 2024-25 School Year
Located on the north end of the high school, the precast storm shelter was erected in the fall, and crews are now working on the interior and the connection. Just east of the storm shelter is the activities center. The red iron frame started going up over Christmas break and now walls are closing it all in.
Project Details
- The storm shelter is on the north end near the Wrestling Barn and greenhouse. The shelter will also serve as an additional gym for P.E. classes, sports and activities.
- Currently, OHS has two gymnasiums, which do not adequately accomodate our 1,700+ OHS students for PE classes during the school day. The extra gym located in the storm shelter is desperately needed as Ozark continues to grow.
- See more renderings of the storm shelter here.
- Down the hill from the storm shelter in the lower parking lot near Tiger Stadium, the indoor activities center will be constructed. The facility will include a 20-to-20 yard line turf and will be available for P.E., band, athletics, activities and community groups.
- See more renderings of the indoor activities center here.
- Groundbreaking for the projects was in April 2023.
- Both projects are on schedule to be finished for the start of the 2024-25 school year.
- We plan to have an official ribbon cutting celebration in August.