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Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School
3130 Repplier Drive
Boulder, CO  80304
303-443-0792

http://bvsd.org/schools/columbine
Original construction date: 1956
Report Updated:  9/26/2011
Project Details

Principal: Guillermo Medina

Project Manager:  Tom Blahak

Architect: Bennett, Wagner and Grody and Rodwin Architecture

Contractor: Adolfson Peterson

Bond Project Budget:

 $8,121,995

Additional funding from Bond surplus funds

+$2,000,000

Transfer from Program Reserve for furniture

+$200,000

Total Bond Project Budget:

$10,321,995

Additional funding from
the sale of real estate: +$4,100,000

Columbine project expenditures 

Bond Program expenditures

 

Design Advisory Team (DAT):

Staff
Marcos Rodriguez, former Principal
Luisa Diaz
Kristen Elder-Rubino
Colleen O'Munneke
Sarah Quiatt
Steve Ollanik
Michelle DuBois
Sandy Ripplinger

Parents
Pedro de la Cruz
Manuela de la Cruz
Gloria Enriquez
Jorge Jimenez
Martha Nara
Maria Irene Perez
Gloria Rodriguez-Ledesma
Gabina Silva
Dale Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Jose Vasquez

Neighbors/Future Parents
Dan Cohen
Eric Dobbs
Erik Hedl
Mary Kauzlaskas
Amy Kirtland
David Miles
Cindy Noel
Leyla Steele
Linda Toukan
John Wood

City of Boulder Staff
Bill Cowern

Email the Columbine DAT

Meeting Schedule:

2009

March 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Columbine gym
March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Columbine gym
April 14, 5 -6:30 p.m. Education Center, 6500 E. Arapahoe Rd., Boulder
April 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Columbine gym
May 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Columbine gym
June 25, 5 p.m., Columbine gym
September 15, 5:30 p.m., Columbine gym

Columbine DAT Meeting Minutes

Correspondence sent to the Columbine DAT/BVSD 

 

Project Timeline

Scheduled Milestones
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SD (schematic design) due 05/09; Complete
u
DD (design development) drawings due 08/09; adjusted due date 11/09; Complete
uCD (construction documents) due 12/09; adjusted due date 03/10; Completed 03/10
uConstruction scheduled 05/10 - 07/11; Under construction

 

Project Status

  • The new building is complete. 
  • Site work is ongoing. 

Watch construction progress at the school 

 

Sustainability at the New Columbine Elementary

 

Columbine Elementary Rebuild Design Development Drawings


Columbine Elementary Rebuild Schematic Design Documents

Columbine Bond Project History and Building Visioning Process

Columbine Rebuild Evaluation Report

Aerial photo with property lines

Columbine Educational Program Visioning Process 


Project Photos - May/June 2010

         
Ground Breaking, May 25, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Project Photos - July 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Construction photos - August 2010

 

 

 


Project photos - September 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Construction photos - October 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 


Construction photos - November 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Renderings of Breakout Spaces at the New Columbine Elementary

 

 

 

Construction photos - January 2011

 
Exterior view from SE

 

 
Gym exterior

 


Kindergarten and preschool exterior 

 

 
Library interior

 

 
Gym interior

 

 
Second floor classroom

 

 
View from second floor classroom

 

 
Breakout space

 


Courtyard

 

 

 
Future main entrance

 


 


Teacher Tour - January 2011

 
Library

 
Courtyard

 

 
Classroom

 

 

 
Classroom with large windows

 

 

 

 


Construction photos - February 2011

 
Library light fixtures

 
Gym exterior

 
Early childhood wing

 
Classroom


Classroom
 

 
Classroom

 
Classroom

 
Gym


Office
 

 

Project Photos - March 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Photos - May 2011

 
Fifth grade tour

 
Fifth grade tour

 

 
Fifth grade tour

 
Courtyard

 

 
Hard surface play area

 
Gym

 
Garden to table

 


Courtyard entry 

 
Front of building

 

Fiesta Night/Good-bye to the old building

 
Tom Blahak and Brandon Hill of the construction team work the grill.

 

 
A good turn out!


Project Architect Anne Pharamond helps staff setup.

 

Project photos - June 2011

 
New courtyard

 


New courtyard 


New courtyard 

 
Gym

 


Performance area 

 
"Stage curtain"

 


Library

 

 

 

Project photos - July 2011

 
Demolition of the old building

 
Metal debris is sorted for
recycling

 


New playground equipment
and play pits 

 
Entry lobby in the new school

 
New library

 

 
New library

 
New art room

 


Computer lab 

 
Preparing classrooms for students

 

Project photos - September 2011

 
New preschool playground

 
New preschool playground

 
New preschool playground

 
Library

 
Grade level classroom

 
Looking at insects in the fifth grade

 
Art room

 
Art room


Art room storage 


Upper level corridor


Music room


Preschool room


Preschool corridor and cubbies


Kindergarten classroom


Library exterior


Library reading patio

Scope of Work
Facility Condition Assessment (FCA): Amended by the Board of Education Sept. 9, 2008.
  • No work is anticipated due to the planned demolition of the existing building.

Program Compatibility Assessment (PCA): Amended by the Board of Education Sept. 9, 2008.

  • A new elementary will be constructed on site.
Multi-Use Outdoor Facilities (MUOF):
  • Upgrade playground surfacing, equipment, and fencing
  • Provide adequate curbing and drainage
  • Replace aged and/or unsafe playground equipment
  • Make playgrounds ADA accessible
Information Technology (IT):
  • Upgrade WAN to provide capacity to support applications with high bandwidth demands
  • Upgrade LANs to provide reliable and responsive access to data, research, and information
  • Implement VoIP to enhance communications capabilities and reduce costs

 

 


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