Planning committee recommends $62.625 million, with $5.04 million in year one, to Board of Education

The Cheshire School District Planning Committee voted to recommend that the Board of Education approve a five-year capital expenditure plan totaling $62,625,000, with $5,040,000 requested for the first year.

The recommendation, approved by the planning committee at its February meeting, included a year-by-year funding schedule: $5,040,000 in year 1; $12,200,000 in year 2; $16,895,000 in year 3; $13,115,000 in year 4; and $15,375,000 in year 5. Committee members moved and seconded the recommendation and the motion was approved in committee; the full board will consider the plan at its February meeting.

The five-year plan groups about 60 projects by priority. Committee members emphasized three immediate safety- and code-related priorities for initial funding: replacement of the high school fire alarm control system, reconfiguration of the Cheshire High School south parking/loading area, and improvements to the maintenance…