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Board approves purchase of replacement transformers ahead of high‑school bathroom project
Summary
The board authorized purchase of high‑school electrical transformers now so contractors can install them before a planned bathroom renovation, reducing summer downtime for classrooms and offices.
The Solanco School District Board of School Directors approved a March 17 recommendation to purchase replacement transformers for the high school so contractors can install them ahead of a scheduled bathroom renovation.
Board member Mister Musser explained that two transformers and electrical panels adjacent to a planned bathroom project must be relocated to allow construction. The transformers in question date from 1997; district staff said buying and staging the new units now would allow the electrician to install them and then move wiring over during a single weekend, avoiding a multiweek shutdown of the wing during summer construction. Facilities staff located appropriate units in stock and recommended purchasing them immediately to avoid long lead times.
The board voted to approve purchase of the equipment and include installation work in the overall bathroom project contract (labor and prevailing‑wage installation would be bid as part of the project). The transcript did not list a purchase price in the meeting discussion; participants referenced an earlier estimate around $12,000 including labor before prevailing‑wage adjustments, and said the vendor had the specified units available.
