High School (HS) 6 is planned to house 2,150 students and serve grades ninth through twelfth. HS 6 will be designed and constructed utilizing the most current Stafford County Public Schools high school education specifications and in accordance with the Stafford County Public Schools Facility Design Standards. This project includes the construction of the school building, all outbuildings, site development, all on-site road improvements, any necessary off-site road improvements, parking lots, storm water management requirements, utilities, and athletic fields to include bleachers, stadium, and track. Planning and design requirements are included in the project cost, as are furniture, fixtures, equipment, technology infrastructure, and project management. A Land Acquisition team made up of County and SCPS staff is considering various possible sites for this project. A property acquisition cost is included and assumes a 65 acre site at a cost of $50,400/ acre. The School's consultant determined that Current Year site development costs of $15.2 million, for the Westlake property, should be used for estimating purposes. SCPS high school education specifications will be updated prior to the start of design, however, staff estimates the total square footage requirement to be at, or near, 300,000 square feet. The Division hired a cost-estimating consultant to provide an accurate cost per square footage for the building, as well as costs associated with the site. These experts have concluded that a rough order magnitude programming level cost estimate of $237.08 per square foot in current dollars should be used for building only. HS 6 is planned to be able to achieve a LEED Silver rating and will be designed to achieve an Energy Star rating of 80 or better, as well as an Energy Utilization Index rating of less than 24. As of March 16, 2022, this project is currently in the FY 2022-2031 CIP . Funding for this project is allotted in the city's capital improvement plan for construction Fy 2023. A firm timeline has not been established; however, construction is scheduled for Fiscal Year 2023. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.
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