Facilities update: district weighs integrated security, building automation and 10‑year capital plan

District facilities staff briefed the committee on early implementation steps for the voter‑approved facilities referendum and on a separate 10‑year capital maintenance plan at the March 18 Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting.

Julie Yerke, the district’s facilities planner and project specialist, and Mr. McCray outlined several near‑term priorities tied to security and mechanical systems. Yerke told the committee the district is exploring integrated security platforms and continues vendor interviews; the district is evaluating camera systems, card access (fob) readers, digital door sequencing for school start/close times, air phones (entry intercoms), paging and visual messaging systems, and fire alarm and building automation systems (BAS).

Yerke described the district’s BAS migration from an older Andover system to Tridium Niagara and explained the move from pneumatic controls to direct digital control (DDC) for HVAC. She said schools currently rely on a mix of manually operated door closures after bells and that an automated time‑door…