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Board pauses on capital-improvement requests after cost and scope questions on buses, band room and fleet facility
Summary
Trustees reviewed a proposed list of capital needs Feb. 27 that included a Smithfield High band-room renovation, fleet-service building replacement, five school-bus replacements, weapons-detection equipment and ADA bleachers, but withdrew a motion to forward the items to the Board of Supervisors pending more scope and cost detail.
During the Feb. 27 work session, Isle of Wight County School Board members reviewed the division's capital improvement priorities and asked staff for more detailed scopes and updated cost estimates before sending requests to the Board of Supervisors.
The list under discussion included a proposed renovation of an unused boiler room at Smithfield High School into an expanded band room and related special-education and therapy spaces; a multi-option replacement for the fleet service building and bus garage; replacement funding for five school buses in the current year; purchase and rollout of weapons-detection units at middle schools; and replacement ADA-compliant bleachers.
Smithfield High School band room: Staff presented a concept to convert an unused boiler room into an enlarged, acoustically improved band room with additional classroom and therapy space. An earlier feasibility quote (about $1.4 million) was…
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