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During spring 2016, the district’s new Summit Technology Academy / Missouri Innovation Campus began to take shape thanks to a no-tax-increase bond issue. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility was held March 10 with the new school scheduled to open in August 2017.
The $40 million bond issue, approved by close to 80 percent of voters, is funding construction of the new Summit Tech / MIC as well as facility improvements at each Lee’s Summit R-7 school. Work on the individual school buildings began during summer 2015 with approximately $8 million in facility improvements complete by August 2015. Additional facility improvements are underway during summer 2016.
School improvements funded through the issue are in the areas of classroom instruction, safety and security, health and wellness, ADA access renovations and special education as well as maintenance projects designed to protect the district’s investment in its schools. Also included are playground safety upgrades for all elementary schools’ soft play areas and replacement of deteriorated play equipment.
Examples of maintenance projects at schools are flooring, carpet, ceilings, painting, roofing, paving, mechanical, doors, windows, FOBS, backflows, water sanitizing and masonry.
The new Summit Technology Academy / Missouri Innovation Campus will be located on 15 acres adjacent to the Summit Technology Campus, the business complex currently housing Summit Tech / MIC in leased space. The site for the new school is near Ward and Tudor Road.
Thanks to a partnership with the University of Central Missouri (UCM), the school district and university will construct and operate a cost-saving shared facility. Under the plan, R-7 is paying approximately 40 percent of the new school with UCM paying the remaining 60 percent. Based on an agreement between the two organizations, Lee’s Summit R-7 will be the sole owner of the facility which will house Summit Tech / Missouri Innovation Campus as well as UCM programs currently located in the UCM Summit Center Campus. UCM is paying its portion through a rental agreement.

The shared facility will reduce operating expenses for the R-7 School District, allowing the district to move Summit Tech / MIC from leased space into a building owned by the school district. It is anticipated that due to increased rental costs resulting from the expiration of a long-running tax abatement, Lee’s Summit R-7 will save approximately $9 million over the next 20 years by construction of the new facility.