A Letter from the Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors, Bruce Fernie and Bryan Glinton
Over the past year, the Board of Directors and Governors, along with our administrative team, volunteers, architects and construction professionals, has been hard at work finalising and implementing the master plan for the development of the facilities of Lyford Cay International School( LCIS). For several years now, we have examined our strengths as a school and areas where our programmes need to grow. We created a Strategic Vision to drive our growth over the next 5-6 years and are delighted that we are now in full-swing with the preparations to build some tremendous new facilities that will allow that vision to be fully implemented.
Many improvements, supported by the Annual Fund, have been taking place on our current campus for the past two years. We redesigned hardscape and landscape elements of the campus to improve aesthetics and the usability of outdoor spaces. We renovated the ELC, creating a brand new classroom and improving building layout, roofs and lighting. We built a new kitchen facility to improve the quality of our food services on campus, one that will soon open and eventually connect seamlessly to the Lower School’ s new multi-purpose space. We have done so much with your support so far.
We are over one-third of the way towards our first fundraising goal of $ 30 million. We have raised over $ 11 million for these projects to date. The upcoming facilities that will be funded when we complete Phase One of fundraising include: the administrative and academic Gateway Building, the adjacent classroom building and the maintenance facility on the Upper School campus, together with the new Multi- Purpose Building on the current campus.
been cleared. Architects Cooper Robertson near completion of the schematic drawing phase and continue to partner with project managers from Construction Cost Engineering and local architects Bruce LaFleur and Associates. We are engaging engineers and surveyors to prepare the land for construction drawings and eventual groundbreaking.
Groundbreaking will occur once we have commitments for the balance of funds needed for Phase One. Once construction begins, we will be about 18 months away from opening. Reaching our fundraising goal is the most important factor in determining the opening date of the Upper School campus. It will take the timely and significant support of parents and community members to achieve the soonest possible move-in date.
So thank you, on behalf of the Board of Directors and Governors, to all of you who are playing a role in this major undertaking. We are grateful for your support and excited for the progress you are helping us to make on a daily basis.
We continue to make progress towards the soonest possible opening of these with both fundraising and construction planning. The land for Phase One of the Upper School site has
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