BOURBON - More than 130 parents, students, teachers and other residents of the Triton school district attended a school board meeting Thursday to hear a proposal to upgrade the facilities at Triton Junior/Senior High School. The building was built in 1968 and school officials said updates are needed. The plan includes infrastructure upgrades with an estimated cost of $6,701,750; building additions costing $5,835,225; and renovations, $3,458,469; bringing the project total to $15,995,444. Triton schools superintendent Ted Chittum explained the process that was followed to develop the plan.From the summer of 2003 through November, an economic feasibility committee of six patrons from each township in the Triton district worked along-side the school board with engineers, architects and financial advisors giving input and gathering information for the project.
TIM ROBERTSON, Times-Union Correspondent- | July 28, 2016