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Walnut Street secure-vestibule project budgeted at about $190,000; construction expected to start this month
Summary
District staff reported the Walnut Street secure-vestibule project will cost about $190,000 (down from $200,000), is scheduled to begin at the end of the month and is expected to take about six weeks; staff will hold information sessions with the principal and reposition school safety officers to manage entry.
District staff provided an update on the Walnut Street secure-vestibule project, which will reconfigure the school’s main entrance to a secured vestibule similar to a project completed at East Lansdowne.
Staff said total project cost came in at about $190,000, down from an original $200,000 estimate; the reported figure includes materials, contingency and labor. The district said the project is scheduled to begin at the end of the month and is expected to take about six weeks.
Staff described plans to coordinate with the school principal and staff, to use existing alternative entry points while work occurs, and to reposition school safety officers to cover required entry points for visitors. A district staff member said they will plan an information session with the principal to inform the community about the project and access during construction.
No public questions were recorded during the meeting on the item. Staff said the project used the East Lansdowne secure vestibule as the primary example and that emergency painting and urgent repairs would continue to take precedence over scheduled refresh work.
