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Bridgeport board approves $1.26 million in capital contracts and schedules facilities forums
Summary
At a Feb. 25 special meeting, the Bridgeport Board of Education approved six capital contracts — for HVAC work, two elevator replacements, two playground projects and ceiling‑tile repairs — and the district outlined a facilities master‑plan rollout with community forums at the end of March and early April.
The Bridgeport Board of Education on Tuesday approved six capital contracts totaling about $1.26 million for school HVAC work, two elevator replacements, two playground projects and ceiling‑tile repairs.
The contracts — which district staff said are city capital projects already approved by the mayor and city council — were presented by facilities staff and approved after brief board discussion. Jamie, a facilities presenter, said the Fairchild Wheeler HVAC work responds to repeated leaks: "We have about 400 coils or some call them pipes that, occasionally or frequently now are leaking," Jamie said, describing a plan to replace 200 coils at roughly $2,000 each for a $200,000 contract with McKinney Mechanical.
Facilities staff also described the larger facilities master plan compiled from a facilities condition assessment and a demographic study. "This is the data that we really need to start making informed decisions for this district," Mr. Garcia…
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