Over the next 10 years, the Bowling Green Board of Education is planning to build two new elementary school facilities. But the board hasnt determined if the new facilities would be new schools or would replace existing ones, Bowling Green school Superintendent John Settle said. The new facilities are part of the school districts facilities plan, which residents will have a chance to review Feb. 4 at the districts central office on Center Street. The state Board of Education is sponsoring a hearing to allow residents and parents an opportunity to ask questions about the boards construction and renovation plans, Settle said. Besides the new facilities which wont start until after 2004 the plan calls for major renovation projects at every school but Bowling Green Junior High School. The district opened the new junior high school in the fall.During the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years, four of the elementary schools and Bowling Green High School will have their electrical, plumbing and heating and air-conditioning units upgraded. The fire sprinklers will also be upgraded, with every upgrade complying with the most up-to-date Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, said Gary Fields, Potter-Gray Elementary School principal. Fields was also a member of a 12-member citizen committee which reevaluated the existing facilities plan and recommended the changes. The central heat and air would be a plus for us since the gym gets hot in August and in May, Fields said. Each school building was built in a five-year period between the late 50s and the early 60s, so this is a chance for us to build some modern conveniences into the buildings. During the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years, the district plans to provide similar renovations to Eleventh St. Alternate, L.C. Curry and Parker-Bennett Elementary Schools. Board may even be looking to either construct or acquire a new building for the central office and a central storage, shipping and receiving facility, the plan said. That was placed in the plan as a contingency in the event that the junior high site sells, Fields said. Right now, were using the old junior high building for storage. The hearing is part of a four-step process that the district goes through every five years when it updates its facilities plan, Settle said. After the citizen committee devised the new facilities plan, the school board hosted two public forums one in the fall and one three weeks ago to hear concerns about the plan, said Jon Lawson, director of pupil personnel. The committee then presented the plan to the school board during a regular meeting Monday, which it approved. The state will conduct its final hearing in February, then send the plan and comments to the state Board of Education for approval, Settle said. The district does not have a cost estimate for the projects.