Project Profile: High Pointe Elementary School

Branco Enterprises of Neosho is the general contractor for the Nixa R-II School District’s new 71,500-square-foot elementary school. Springfield-based Sapp Design Associates, Architects PC is the architect. Engineers are Scott Consulting Engineers, structural; Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing; and Shaffer & Hines Inc., civil. Interior design work is by Terri West of Interior Planning Consultants Inc. The $8.5 million school is funded by a bond issue approved by Nixa voters in April 2006. It will serve students in kindergarten through fourth grade, said Debby Lawson, director of elementary education for Nixa schools. The school district is planning an Aug. 7 grand opening celebration for the new school. Lawson said the 2007-08 school year will start with 365 students at the school, but it will accommodate 600 students, leaving room for future growth. There will be 18 finished classrooms, with nine shell classrooms that will be finished as needed. Debbie Adams will serve as principal at High Pointe.