The Coffee County School Board has approved their five year capital plan; a wish list of possible school improvements.

The first two projects on the plan are already in the works.

The press box at Zion Chapel's football field is waiting for finishing touches and new bleachers will soon go in at the New Brockton High School gym.

"We received a few years ago $100,000 from Tracy Lawrence thanks to Ronnie Gilley and his input," say Superintendent Linda Ingram, "It was set aside to help pay for new bleachers."

The school board hopes to receive a $5,000,000 zero interest bond from the stimulus package to fund the next three projects on their list.

The student population at Zion Chapel School is growing so the school board hopes to add eight classrooms.

Those plans also include a new band room.

"Everything is small, the hinges are falling apart, there's holes all through the walls," says 8th grade band student Tiffany Crowell as she showed News 4 around.

Next on the list is to renovate restrooms and locker rooms system-wide.

They also hope to build an addition to New Brockton High School's lunchroom to add needed seating and kitchen space.

"It has open beams and those are deteriorating and we recognize that we need to close in the ceiling as well,” says Ingram.

There are eleven more projects on the wish list waiting for funding.

Some of those other projects include new gym bleachers at Kinston and Zion Chapel, replacing the bus shop that Ingram says is in such poor shape that it's no longer insurable, and replacing the flat roof, windows and air conditioning units in one of the buildings at Kinston.

The full capital plan list is below.

They are listed in order of most necessary first.

Superintendent Ingram says that if an emergency happens, making repairs on damage would be added to the top of the capital plan.

2009-2010 Coffee County Capital Plan

1. Complete Zion Chapel press box project.
2. Replace bleachers at New Brockton High Gym – Paid for by donations from singer Tracy Lawrence.
3. Build new classroom and band room addition at Zion Chapel to replace substandard buildings and for additional space for growth of student population.
4. Renovate restrooms in all schools (may include locker rooms)
5. Build an addition to New Brockton High lunchroom because of insufficient seating and kitchen space.
6. Replace gym bleachers at Kinston and Zion Chapel High to replace the original wooden bleachers
7. Replace the bus shop with a new facility
8. Replace the flat roof on the Science-Business Education building at Kinston and upgrade the windows and HVAC.
9. Upgrade the HVAC and windows on the back of the main building at New Brockton High.
10. Add additional classrooms at New Brockton Elementary
11. Land acquisition at Kinston*
12. Land acquisition at New Brockton High School*
13. Build a Sports Complex at Kinston and New Brockton for baseball and softball
14. Build a lunchroom at New Brockton Elementary
15. Enlarge the gym at Zion Chapel due to the increased student population or build a new gym
16. Remove the paint from brick walls on the inside of the auditorium at New Brockton High School.

* Numbers 11 and 12 are interchangeable and the board plans to acquire land at these two schools as soon as it becomes available.