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Bossier Parish School Board authorizes HVAC, stadium lighting, baseball turf projects and surplus land appraisals
Summary
The board approved committee recommendations to proceed with multiple facility projects — including HVAC replacements, stadium lighting, Halton High baseball turf improvements — and authorized appraisals and potential sales for several district parcels.
The Bossier Parish School Board on Aug. 21 authorized staff to move forward on multiple facilities projects and to begin appraisal and sale processes for several district-owned parcels following recommendations from the Building and Grounds Planning and Development Committee. The committee report, presented by Chairwoman Tammy Smith, covered several items: authorization to proceed with individual projects for 2026 HVAC replacements including contract amendments for design services and bidding (motion by Board Member Bullard, second by Board Member Logan McConathy); approval to proceed with Bossier Memorial Stadium field lighting improvements funded by the committed construction fund (motion by Board Member Falting, second by Board Member Brotherton); and approval to proceed with Halton High School baseball facility improvements (home plate turf) funded by the Halton Baseball Booster Club (motion by Board Member Faulding, second by Board Member Brotherton). The board also approved entering a local services agreement with the City of Bossier City for a required utility easement at 4900 Benton Road and authorized the superintendent to sign related documents after the committee recommended the action. In addition, the board approved committee recommendations to declare multiple parcels as surplus property and to authorize Ally Real Estate to obtain appraisals for fair market value and to pursue sales per policy DFL; motions for the three surplus-parcel items passed in committee and were approved by the full board (the recorded committee votes ranged from unanimous to 4-1). The committee received an update on E-rate infrastructure projects from Mr. Thompson describing technology upgrades and use of the E-rate program to modernize network infrastructure and expand connectivity; that update was listed as discussion only. Where recorded, motions out of committee were carried and then approved by the board during the meeting.
