The South Carroll Special School District director reported a range of maintenance and facility updates at the Aug. 22 board meeting and the board discussed adding cameras to the old gym to cover blind spots.

Why it matters: Ongoing maintenance affects building safety, food service operations and the daily functioning of the school. The board’s consideration of additional cameras could affect building security and operations.

Maintenance highlights from the director’s written report include pressure washing, painting and sealing of entrances, trimming shrubs, repairing gutters, replacing wiring on cafeteria floor receptacles that had melted, adding a new conduit box and a double receptacle, installing a new pizza oven with a newly run circuit, diagnosing a malfunctioning bottom oven with an estimated part cost around $2,000, resetting food warmers to maintain roughly 165 degrees, fixing walk-in freezer lighting, lubricating exit window latches, checking fire extinguishers and exit lights, repairing a parking-lot pothole with eight bags of concrete, and filling an 80-foot long, 8–10-inch‑deep playground gully with dirt and new rock.

The report states maintenance personnel have been prioritizing in-house work to save the district money and that some items remain pending (for example, new door sweeps and a cracked exterior door glass expected the week of Aug. 18). The minutes note the maintenance author offered photographic documentation if board members wished to review it.

Separate old-business discussion: Board Treasurer Donna McDaniel-Cox asked whether two cameras could be installed in the old gym to cover blind spots. Dr. Lisa Norris, the director of schools, said the district can "certainly look into that." The minutes record that the district no longer rents the old gym.

Discussion versus decision: The minutes record inquiry and staff acknowledgement; no formal motion or funding decision for camera installation appears in the excerpt.

Next steps: Dr. Norris indicated staff will examine the camera question; the minutes do not record a formal directive, bid request, or funding allocation in the provided excerpt.