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District debates landscaping contract, Lexia license and transportation plans; electrical panel flagged as costly summer project
Summary
Administrators described a proposed landscaping contract, changes to reading software licenses, ongoing transportation hiring and vehicle plans, and a potentially expensive electrical-panel replacement for the high school. Board and staff discussed cost, priorities and grant timing during the budget review.
Administrators described multiple facilities and operations items during the budget meeting that intersect with the capital plan and summer work schedule: a proposed district-wide landscaping and grounds-maintenance contract, a decision to discontinue the district-wide Lexia site license, transportation plans emphasizing non-CDL vehicles and charging infrastructure, and an electrical-panel issue at the high school that may require replacement.
Landscaping and grounds: Capital facilities manager Matt Cashman described a proposed landscaping scope covering spring and fall cleanup, branch removal, mulch refresh, pruning, weed control and mowing up to twice weekly at peak season. Cashman said outside contractors had been used last year because of staff shortages and that the district has roughly a million square feet of school property and five maintenance…
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