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Board approves $17.6 million McCormick renovation and $14 million major‑maintenance amendment
Summary
The Laramie County School District #1 Board of Trustees amended the major‑maintenance budget and approved a construction contract for the McCormick Junior High renovation, and approved routine personnel notifications and financial institution depositories during the March 3 meeting.
At its March 3 meeting the Laramie County School District #1 Board of Trustees approved several routine personnel and fiscal items and voted to amend the major‑maintenance budget and award a construction contract for McCormick Junior High School renovation.
Key votes and motions
- The board adopted the meeting agenda and approved the consent agenda by voice vote. (No roll‑call tallies appear in the public transcript.)
- Depositories of public funds: Trustees approved a slate of financial institutions as authorized depositories under Wyoming law (Wyo. Stat. 9‑4‑802 through 9‑4‑808), including First Interstate Bank, US Bank, Wells Fargo, Pinnacle Bank, First National Bank of Omaha, First National Bank of Gillette, Wyoming Bank and Trust, Platte Valley Bank, the Wyoming Government Investment Fund and WyoStar.
- Personnel notifications: The board approved notification of intent to offer contracts to the superintendent’s cabinet and senior leadership and to school administrators for the 2025–26 contract year. Trustee Cook recused from one vote that she stated was related to an individual conflict; the transcript records a recusal but does not identify the individual affected.
Major maintenance budget amendment and McCormick contract
Trustees approved an amendment increasing the major‑maintenance general support appropriation by $14,000,000 to allow district staff to proceed with a comprehensive renovation at McCormick Junior High School. Chief Financial Officer Ciccarelli said the additional appropriation was requested after facility planning for the McCormick project advanced beyond preliminary stages.
The board then approved a construction contract with Richardson Construction Inc. for the McCormick renovation in an amount not to exceed $17,632,292 plus a 5% contingency. District staff told the board the project will be phased, start in the coming summer and include work on the front vestibule, administration offices and classrooms; some phases are expected to be completed around the winter holiday period.
Why it matters: The appropriation and contract provide budget authority and a contractor for a multiyear, multi‑phase renovation that district staff described as comprehensive and beyond the scope of routine maintenance.
Other business
The board approved an administrator contract for a reconfigured Executive Director of Student Services (formerly assistant superintendent of instruction). Trustees voted to adjourn into an executive session to consider several confidential matters, including potential long‑term student suspension and personnel, legal advice and potential litigation.
Records and attribution: The transcript records voice votes of “aye” on many motions but does not include a named roll‑call tally for each motion in the public record; motions were seconded but the transcript rarely records the names of the mover and seconder on the public floor for each item.
