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City, schools outline $100M-plus capital requests; $21M state grant offsets Huntington project
Summary
District and city officials reviewed the division's capital improvement plan, state grant awards that include $21 million toward Huntington's construction and city contributions to buses, HVAC and safe-entrance projects.
School facilities and city finance officials told a joint meeting that the district's five-year capital plan seeks large investments in HVAC, roof work, school renovations and safe main entrances, and that state grants have started to offset major projects.
The school division said it received $21,000,000 from the School Construction Assistance Program toward the construction of Huntington Middle School (about 30% of the project cost), $2,100,000 for a secure entrance at Yates Elementary and $1,500,000 from the General Assembly for safety and security upgrades at Richneck Elementary.
Facilities staff reviewed the division's master facilities plan (adopted in August 2022) and the FY25'FY29 capital improvement plan. The division said its FY25 CIP request included roughly $141.9 million for a range of projects;…
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