District outlines summer facilities work; board approves parking‑lot and track maintenance
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Summary
Facility director provided a long list of summer projects including roof overlays, HVAC work, multipurpose field planning, gym floor replacement from a sewage incident, boiler replacement and parking/track maintenance. Trustees approved pavement and track respray bids.
The Tonganoxie school board heard an extended update on summer facilities projects and approved two maintenance bids for a parking‑lot overlay and a track respray.
Mitch, staff member, gave a detailed progress report on multiple projects. He said roofing materials were expected to arrive and rooftop HVAC unit replacements were scheduled to begin demo on May 20, with initial work focused on the library. He described planned boiler replacement bids for June–July and said one building lost a boiler this year; repairs are underway while replacement is planned for the summer.
Mitch also described campus site work: designers are preparing drawings for a multipurpose field and parking reconfiguration south of the greenhouse to allow consolidated bus parking and new car parking, with options expected in June. He said the district is evaluating whether a layout should accommodate 25 to 30 buses.
On the sewage‑damaged gym floor, Mitch told trustees the replacement is treated as an insurance claim and that contractors are working toward a schedule with a target completion in late July. He said the district has completed plumbing camera inspections and snaking and will pursue further remediation options, and that staff will research alarms or backflow prevention to reduce recurrence.
Two maintenance projects went to the board for approval: an edge mill and overlay plus seal‑coat/restriping of the Tonganoxie Elementary/Middle School parking area, bid price $132,322.22, and a two‑coat respray and restripe of the high‑school 400‑meter track at $98,700. Both motions were moved, seconded and approved by the board. Mitch said both projects are planned to be paid from bond contingency funds.
The board was told the track respray is routine maintenance on the surface installed about eight or nine years ago; vendors said resurfaces can be done about twice before a full track replacement is required. Mitch said the parking‑lot overlay will include edge milling at concrete curbs and patching to preserve drainage to the storm basin.
Trustees asked questions about frequency of sewer cleaning and long‑term prevention after the gym flood and directed staff to report back on recommended alarms or devices; no new policy was adopted at the meeting.
