As a major renovation of Oak Harbor High School draws near, officials will soon discover what projects need to be done next.

Whatever those projects may be, a bond or a levy could go before voters to see if they will pick up the tab.

The school district has $70,000 set aside to conduct an architectural survey of school district buildings. That survey will outline future projects needed to upgrade remaining facilities.

The survey is scheduled to be complete in the 2007-2008 school year. The school district is currently looking for a company to do the work.

Superintendent Rick Schulte said having the voters approve another measure is the only way to pay for such expensive projects. A new proposal could go before voters in 2009, the same time they would have to approve continuing the district’s current maintenance and operations levy.

The school district will soon renovate Oak Harbor High School and is completing a new stadium, using bond money already approved by voters. Most of the elementary schools were recently remodeled. With all of the recent work on school buildings the new study would focus on the non-school buildings. One such area is the maintenance, grounds and transportation buildings on Midway Boulevard.

“They’re old, heavily used and designed for when the school district was smaller,” Schulte said of those buildings.

He added the study might identify parts of Hillcrest Elementary School, which is close to 20 years old, as needing an upgrade.

But he doesn’t know yet what the school district’s needs are for construction. The study, which the school district performs every six years, will show that.

The school district has several options to send to voters. The district could choose to run a bond, a capital projects levy or a second maintenance and operation levy to pay for the next round of construction projects. The levies last a maximum of six years and, if the school district runs a second M&O levy, it could qualify for matching money from the state, Schulte said.