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Board approves high school band/wrestling room reconfiguration, requests additional bid
Summary
The Mecklenburg County School Board approved a plan to reconfigure the high school wrestling room into additional band space while keeping wrestling practice accommodated; the board asked staff to obtain an additional price from Blair Construction Company for ratification.
The Mecklenburg County School Board approved a proposal to renovate the existing high school wrestling room into expanded band space and to relocate wrestling practice to the middle school auxiliary gym in afternoons.
Staff said the high school band has outgrown its current room, with an anticipated increase in participation for concert and marching band, and that renovating the wrestling room offered the best available solution. Staff provided a quote from a contractor familiar with the building, noting the contractor had been project superintendent on the original work and could provide a timely proposal.
Board members approved the renovation motion with a request that staff obtain an additional bid or price from Blair Construction Company for ratification. Staff and the board discussed procurement thresholds and the difficulty of finding local contractors with the needed acoustic‑panel and sound engineering expertise; one board member asked staff to get two more quotes if feasible, while another noted the project value was currently below the procurement threshold that would require a formal request for proposals.
Under the approved plan, the district intends to maintain the existing band room for middle‑school use during the day and use exterior entrances and staggered scheduling so high‑school and middle‑school activities do not conflict. The motion passed on a roll call; no votes against or abstentions are recorded in the meeting transcript.
