Tom Salzer, director of facilities, presented a draft 10‑year capital improvement plan that staff characterized as a planning document of identified needs, not a finalized borrowing request.

Salzer told the board the 10‑year list totals about $105 million with roughly $38 million attributed to a potential new elementary school if population growth requires it. Near‑term instructional‑impact items—shaded in his presentation—include HVAC replacements, kiln and greenhouse repairs at the high school, a proposed CTE addition, casework and classroom furniture upgrades at elementary schools, and ongoing asphalt and parking‑lot maintenance. "Over the next 10 years, you can see that that's about a 105,000,000," Salzer said.

He also flagged requirements in recently passed House Bill 2618 that will require an indoor air‑quality test every four years performed by certified technicians; Salzer described it as "pretty robust" and said initial vendor contacts had not provided reliable price estimates, so his budget placeholder was an informed estimate. Salzer characterized HB2618 as an unfunded mandate based on information from peer plant managers.

Board members asked detailed funding questions: how much the capital maintenance reserve contains (staff cited $350,000 currently available), how audit timing affects spent‑money availability (unused funds often can't be applied until the following fiscal year), and whether bus leases are included in CIP (staff said buses are in the CIP and estimated about five buses per year at ~$160,000 each). Several board members urged that the division present the full needs list to the Board of Supervisors even if the supervisors fund a smaller amount; others urged trimming the request given county borrowing constraints.

Salzer closed by reiterating that some systems are aging, parts are becoming obsolete, and that safety‑critical items (fire panels, alarms, HVAC that affects IAQ) should be prioritized in any funding request. Staff said some projects already have board approval or are out to bid (for example, a Pocahontas Elementary HVAC project with bidding closing on Nov. 24).