A school audit on Fort Riley could lead to an upgrade in the future.

The Chief Operations Officer for Geary USD 475, David Wild, explained the Department of the Army is doing a comprehensive review of its installations as they determine needs for their education facilities. “Fort Riley is on that list in the last week of March. We’ll have two auditors out here that will go through each of the facilities on the installation, do an assessment on the quality of facilities, adequacy of facilities and the condition of the facilities. And we know that we have two elementary schools out there that’ll probably pop up as in need of replacement.” Those schools are Morris Hill and Jefferson Elementary Schools.

Wild feels this audit could possibly lead to future funding for a new school. “Similar audit was conducted in 2010. The outcome for that audit, some of what you have seen out there as far as Seitz Elementary, Fort Riley Elementary and the new middle school. So certainly we could seen another round if funds are available, and we are high enough on the priority list we could certainly see another elementary school out there.”

Wild noted he had not asked Department of the Army officials but he estimated it would be another 24 to 36 months before any real action.