Fulton City School District board reviews capital-project progress, responds to ICE-related student impacts and approves routine motions

Superintendent Swan told the Fulton City School District Board of Education that the district prioritized student safety after parents reported students were affected by an immigration enforcement action in Cato on the first day of school, and that staff focused on immediate support for students and families.

"That's our number 1 concern is making sure that they're taken care of," Swan said, describing a district effort that paired principals, teachers and student‑support staff to ensure students had a safe place to return and minimal classroom disruption.

The board heard a detailed capital‑projects update from consultants Mike James of King and King and Matt Heber of Blue Chase, who said work on the district—s 2023 capital project is under way in multiple phases and remains on a timeline to complete the overall Capital Improvement Program by year end 2026. James said "the 2023 capital project is well underway," and described finished work in phases 1 and 2 and active construction in phase 3.

Contractors listed as low bidders for phase 3 included Pack Associates, Randell Electric, Crosby Brownlee, J M J and A Mechanical and Davis Baldridge. Work already begun included demolition of backstops and trenching for athletic‑field work; site paving and parking upgrades at multiple schools were completed before the first day of classes, James said.

The board added a Phase 5 after one boiler at the district education center failed. Heber said, "one of the boilers here at the education center has completely failed. It's rusted through. It won't run," and described plans to bid a replacement boiler with an alternate for a second unit to…