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District to ask board to approve up to $950,000 for Churchill High School LMC renovation
Summary
Building and site committee advanced a recommendation to use roughly $950,000 from bond owner contingency to support expanded Churchill High School library/media center renovations, including HVAC modernization and an esports room; staff will place formal approval request on the regular meeting agenda.
District staff asked the board to approve using $950,000 from existing owner contingency funds to expand the Churchill High School library/media center (LMC) renovation, citing additional HVAC modernization and functional upgrades identified after further investigation.
Mrs. Burton and Plant Moran/RealPoint staff said Churchill's LMC had not received the full media-center modernization that other schools saw in earlier bond packages and that a subsequent design review and field investigation revealed mechanical and distribution systems limiting full-space use. "We literally cut access panels in the ceilings and the walls," a project representative said, then described options developed with the design team and contractors to modernize ductwork, provide individual HVAC units for adjacent spaces and improve temperature controls.
The updated scope includes HVAC infrastructure work, reconfiguration of adjacent counseling and classroom spaces, and a dedicated esports room. Staff said contractors priced options and the design team revised drawings for pricing. The total recommended request presented to the committee was $950,000, including allowances for unknowns; staff recommended using $951,000 currently shown in the bond dashboard contingency (column E) so no new dollars would be requested from the board beyond contingency repurposing.
Staff said allowances would be managed and, if unused, returned to owner contingency. The committee discussed scope and acknowledged the work will be brought as a formal request for approval at the next regular board meeting. No formal vote was taken at the study session.
Clarifying details: recommended total request $950,000; staff referenced a $951,000 contingency placeholder in the bond dashboard that they propose to reallocate for Churchill LMC work.
