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$23.5 million bond update: roofs underway, cameras and West Senior parking reconfiguration headed for SED review
Summary
Young and Wright Architects told the board that phase 1 of the $23.5 million capital-improvement program — $15 million for roof replacements — is underway and that phase 2, budgeted at $8.5 million, has been submitted for SED review and includes elementary security cameras and a possible West Senior parking reconfiguration.
Young and Wright Architects representatives updated the board on the 2023 capital improvement project, saying the overall project budget is $23.5 million and detailing work on roofs, security cameras and a potential West Senior parking reconfiguration.
Marissa, a Young and Wright project coordinator, said phase 1 has a $15 million budget and includes roof replacements at Northwood Elementary, West Senior and East Senior. "Construction started last summer, and we got about halfway through," she said, adding that crews will return in spring and the district expects work to finish by the end of the upcoming summer.
Phase 2, Marissa said, is budgeted at $8.5 million and combines an expansion of security cameras at elementary schools with a proposed West Senior parking-lot reconfiguration and other site improvements. The team submitted phase 2 to the State Education Department for third-party review; Marissa warned that SED review times are currently about 14 to 16 weeks and that contractor availability, material lead times and bid results will shape the schedule. "The budget for phase 2 is $8,500,000," she said.
Young and Wright described the West Senior work with a base bid (bus loop and parent drop-off) and four alternates that the district can accept or decline based on bid results and available funds: an additional driveway around the parking lot and new entrance off the street; replacement/upgrade of tennis courts to support pickleball; redoing the athletic-entrance parking lot; and adding a central parking area. The alternates let the district prioritize improvements depending on bid pricing.
The architects outlined three scheduling scenarios: a best-case that secures SED approval and begins work this summer, a phased approach that starts some elements this summer and completes site-intensive work next summer, and a contingency to rebid if contractor availability or prices are unfavorable. The architects said elementary security-camera hardware will be procured on a state contract, reducing price variability for that portion of the work.
No bid awards or contract authorizations were made on Jan. 7; the architects and district said they will bring bid results and prioritization recommendations back to the board when available.
