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Building and grounds committee details maintenance, Maryville flooding work and school projects
Summary
The Building & Grounds committee reviewed maintenance workflow changes, bond-funded projects across schools, Maryville drainage and boiler repairs, and discussed using mini-splits for classroom cooling; no major actions were taken beyond routine approvals.
The Beauregard Parish School Board Building & Grounds committee received an extended maintenance and facilities update covering bond-funded projects, drainage work near Maryville High School, bus-exit and parking expansions, mini-split installations, and a pending board replacement repair in the Maryville gym boiler.
Staff said they are restructuring a 14-person maintenance crew, tightening work-flow expectations and creating clearer standards for repair requests. Committee members asked for monthly work-order reports by school; staff agreed to email PDFs of closed and open tickets to committee members.
Project updates included: - South Boulevard athletic facilities: staff said progress continues and the district expects to be ready for the fire marshal walkthrough tied to early September events. - Maryville High School: architects are studying chronic water intrusion that traces upstream to Highway 111; options include regrading, redirecting drainage and a proposed ditch that may affect a cemetery fence line. Staff said the drainage redesign will address long-term erosion that has periodically flooded the building. - South Woodward Elementary: groundwork for a new wing is underway with a pour planned; district said enrollment showed a smaller-than-usual net loss on day one and noted growth pressures at southern schools. - Parking: the district poured 40 additional spaces at Ritter Elementary with state capital outlay support; Pinewood parking remains on a priority list for future bond work. - Mini-split strategy and HVAC repairs: staff reported mini-splits cost roughly $2,500 to install versus about $14,000 for a packaged rooftop unit; where feasible, mini-splits are being purchased and installed in-house. The committee discussed but declined large-scale automated HVAC controls because a vendor's quoted cost would represent about 40% of the district's annual HVAC operating budget; staff said targeted custodial check-routines are a lower-cost approach. - Maryville gym boiler: staff reported a damaged control board and said insurance paid $20,000 after a $100,000 deductible; a repair specialist is rebuilding the board for about $8,500 and staff expected the repaired board to arrive for installation the following week. If the rebuild fails, a new boiler could cost roughly $100,000.
Committee members emphasized the need for better front-line work-order detail at schools so maintenance crews can triage effectively. Staff said they are talking with ag and custodial staff at several schools to improve on-site diagnostic detail before work orders are submitted.
Ending: Building & Grounds concluded with no major votes beyond routine minutes approval; staff will email monthly work-order reports and proceed with planned bond and repair work.
