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College Station ISD declares emergency at Pebble Creek Elementary, authorizes superintendent to approve repairs; board ratifies emergency contracts
Summary
The College Station ISD board declared Pebble Creek Elementary an emergency repair site under Texas Education Code and authorized the superintendent to make budgeted emergency purchases. The board later ratified emergency contracts for fire-suppression repairs and restoration work totaling up to about $344,776 plus additional rebuild costs.
The College Station Independent School District Board of Trustees on Dec. 17 declared Pebble Creek Elementary an emergency under Texas Education Code and granted the superintendent authority to make budgeted purchases necessary to repair the campus and continue operations during the emergency.
The declaration cited Texas Education Code sections 44.031(h) and 44.0312(c). Board members then ratified emergency purchases tied to the rupture of a fire-suppression line at the school: a contract with Summit Fire Security LLC for $89,776 (with superintendent authorization for up to $5,000 in change orders, bringing that contract ceiling to $94,776) and emergency restoration work with Cotton Restoration not to exceed $250,000 for initial cleanup (separate rebuild costs will be presented later). All motions passed unanimously, 6-0.
Why it matters: Board members said the emergency declaration allowed the district to act…
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