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Board advances facilities projects and Gizmo science contract amid concerns about storm-pipe cost increases
Summary
Trustees moved forward recommendations to replace auditorium seating, refinish a gym floor, upgrade lighting, and begin a Gizmo Science contract for grades 3'12; members questioned a $105,000 increase on a North Campus storm-pipe change order.
The board moved forward multiple properties-and-facilities recommendations and an educational resources contract after committee briefings.
Recommendations included replacement of auditorium seating at JTL for $165,197, refinish of the JM Hill gym floor for $500,766, and a North auditorium lighting upgrade listed in committee materials as "20886690" (transcript figure). Trustees asked detailed questions about a change order for the North Campus Phase 2 storm pipe, which committee reporting indicated rose by about $105,000 as crews uncovered additional issues during excavation.
In education programs and resources, the board reviewed a recommended two-year Gizmo Science license for grades 3'12. Committee materials and discussion indicated a multi-year contract starting with a free pilot year and moving to a paid term with a stated two-year cost in committee notes referenced during the meeting.
Board members expressed frustration at repeated increases on the storm-pipe work as contractors uncovered additional subsurface problems; one member characterized the capital project as a "money pit" in colloquial remarks during discussion. Committee chairs said the items had been vetted in committee meetings and recommended advancing the items to the board for action.
A motion to move forward the listed properties-and-facilities items and the Gizmo education item was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records a general "Aye" vote; no roll-call tally by name appears in the provided excerpt.
