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Manassas Park board reviews five-year, $35 million-plus capital plan including CTE expansion
Summary
District staff presented a proposed Fiscal Year 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Plan that prioritizes school bus replacement, HVAC and generator replacements, LED lighting upgrades, technology infrastructure work and architectural design for a career and technical education (CTE) wing. No formal vote was taken.
Mister Lyon, a district staff member, presented the Manassas Park City Public Schools proposed Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and outlined priority projects, schedules and estimated costs.
The plan schedules a standing bus-replacement cycle (two buses per year) to rotate aging vehicles out of service, which Lyon said represents about $1,400,000 in estimated expenditures across the five-year plan. Lyon also identified replacement of seven middle-school outdoor air units split across FY2026 and FY2027 at an estimated cost of $1,800,000.
Lyon said the district will replace classroom HVAC units that use the discontinued R‑22 refrigerant over the plan period and will phase LED lighting upgrades on the secondary campus across FY2026–FY2027 at an estimated $500,000. The plan also lists replacement of internal bus monitoring cameras (internal safety cameras, not stop‑arm cameras) in FY2026 at an estimated $125,000 and recurring technology infrastructure work described in the presentation as $50,000 per year in FY2026–FY2030.
Staff told the board that several critical systems are original equipment from when buildings opened: generators (about 25 years old) will be replaced across FY2027–FY2028, with an estimated line-item of $150,000 for that work. The presentation also included an architectural and engineering allocation of about $400,000 in FY2029 for design of a proposed CTE wing at the high school and a planning-level construction estimate listed in the presentation as $35,000,000 for FY2030.
Other items listed in the CIP package included replacement of classroom furniture and fixtures carried from FY2025 into FY2026; playground refreshes; reconfiguration of the high-school front office for improved security; parking expansion behind the maintenance shop; replacement of fire‑protection panels and intruder alarm systems; and removal and replacement of worn floor receptacles cited as potential safety hazards.
Board members thanked staff for focusing on safety and long-term facility needs and asked clarifying questions about the timing of the R‑22 refrigerant replacement and the five‑year sequencing. Lyon said the refrigerant conversions are expected to continue through the five‑year window and that the district typically replaces about 25 units per year.
No formal motion or vote on the CIP occurred during the meeting. The board was notified that a public hearing on the CIP and the superintendent’s FY2026 proposed budget are scheduled at upcoming meetings.
