District says new campus generators are online; testing scheduled and limitations noted
Summary
Superintendent reported that the district’s newly installed generators passed required tests and will be exercised during a scheduled outage; trustees discussed which buildings the generators support and whether additional units are required to power CTE facilities.
Superintendent Dr. Walters told the board on Oct. 24 that the district’s new campus generators have passed state tests and are now online. The district will run a live test during a scheduled power outage on Friday to verify that the generators can sustain essential operations.
Administration clarified that the K–12 building is on the generator supply and will have lights and heat during the outage; the CTE building that houses the wood and metal shops is on a separate power feed and is not currently tied to the new generators. Facilities staff said running both buildings, particularly to support high‑demand equipment in CTE shops, would likely exceed the capacity of the installed units and would require additional generators. One facilities staff member said "you'd probably need 2 more" generators to support both buildings and heavy shop equipment.
The administration also noted that the Little Rams facility (offsite or smaller auxiliary space mentioned during the meeting) will be without power for approximately four hours during the planned outage but that no immediate safety concern was identified.
The board scheduled the generator demonstration and staff–board engagement for Oct. 24 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., noting the event will be set up as a walk‑through with multiple rooms for staff to meet trustees and recommended limiting three trustees together in any one room to comply with open‑meeting practices.
No formal procurement decision on additional generators was made at the meeting; trustees asked facilities staff to report feasibility and cost options in a later agenda item.
