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Board members press for clearer scopes, timelines and vendor outreach on facilities projects
Summary
At a Duval County School Board meeting, trustees and staff discussed multiple facilities and maintenance items — including construction schedules, bleacher upkeep, mobile-home removals and large repair costs — and asked staff to provide clearer scopes of work and more transparency to the sales surtax committee and the public.
Duval County School Board members pressed staff Wednesday for clearer project schedules, scope-of-work documents and more vendor outreach as several facilities, maintenance and construction items were discussed together.
Board member comments focused on four agenda items grouped by staff as related to facilities. Trustees asked for confirmation that surtax-funded major projects remain on schedule and sought greater transparency about how the district advertises procurement opportunities and assists potential vendors.
"When we say on time, we're expecting TCOs, late May, early June," said Staff member (major projects), reporting the program's current target completion and turnover expectations for two named projects. Board…
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