South Lane School District

The Maintenance Department Keeps Buildings Running Smoothly

Maintenance staff members at South Lane School District are the ones behind the scenes cleaning in and around the schools while also maintaining the extensive landscapes, lawns and fields. Our staff maintains nine school sites, the aquatic center and four other buildings (district office, warehouse, transportation building and maintenance facility). The total acreage of all 13 sites is 267 acres.

Our oldest school facility is London School, which was built in 1912 and added on to in subsequent years. In 2000, Cottage Grove voters passed a $25.9 million bond to build a new Cottage Grove High School, and it opened its doors in 2003. Voters then renewed the bond and a new Harrison Elementary School was built and opened in 2018.

The district currently owns about five acres of vacant property at Latham Elementary School, 30 acres at the south end of Bohemia Elemetary School, approximately five acres at Al Kennedy High School and about 65 acres at Cottage Grove High School west of "R" Street.

Facility and Site Plan

The district's Facility and Site Plan includes a schedule of future projects, organized into three categories:

Immediate Projects (0-3 years) -- Includes many annual maintenance items such as roofing, painting, boiler/HVAC updates and repairs, electrical and floor coverings. In addition, this category includes projects where funding has been identified and the need is immediate.
Intermediate Projects (3-7 years) -- These projects don't affect the immediate health and safety of staff and students but are approaching that standard.
Long Term Projects (7+ years) --These projects are inevitable, but the funding tends to put these projects off into the future. They are not immediate safety or health concerns and aren't likely to occur due to funding or planning before 7 years.

The district's goal is to fund as many action items as possible from the Facility and Site Plan in a given year. The availability of resources shall determine how much of the action plan is accomplished. The plan will be reviewed and revised each year to make adjustments based on available resources. The district will seek additional funds when available to help support the plan.