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Draft five‑year facilities plan prioritizes roofs, flooring and a $16.5M Schrader upgrade
Summary
District staff presented a draft five‑year plan emphasizing roofs, a district flooring lifecycle approach and a proposed $16.5 million Schrader renovation that would require roughly $2.09 million per year in debt service for 10 years if bonded in the 2029 timeframe; board members pressed for broader long‑range and southern‑school considerations.
Jonathan Ellwein, the district staff member presenting the facilities plan, gave a high‑level forecast of roughly $8.4 million of investment and said the draft includes 44 projects across 15 schools (he noted some numbers were adjusted after an arithmetic error was discovered). He said priority areas include roofs, flooring replacement on a lifecycle basis and SLiCE projects at individual sites.
Ellwein described the district flooring approach as a lifecycle model (12.5‑year life) that produces an estimated $300,000 per year to smooth replacement work across non‑gym spaces. He said 2026 would include a Schrader roof restoration among six projects, and that some projects will be reshuffled to accommodate larger capital needs.
On Schrader specifically, Ellwein presented a $16.5 million estimate to address HVAC (removing tunnel air), add full air conditioning, repair the building envelope, perform a minor interior refresh and redo the parking lot (mill and overlay). He said that amount would produce approximately $2,090,000 per year in debt service for 10 years assuming a $16.5 million bond at 4.25 percent interest. Ellwein said the figure is intended as a substantial upgrade, not a full rebuild, and that certain accessibility and specialty classroom renovations were not included in that number.
Board discussion focused on timing and broader planning. Doctor Lund urged caution about treating the plan as fixed, noting federal/state funding and enrollment trends could change priorities. Mister Malbach clarified debt‑retirement timing, saying the existing payment ends 08/01/2028, which was a reason staff proposed 2029 for the Schrader bond so the district has time to plan. Malbach also described how a building fund bond can be pursued by the board with a 60‑day period of protest rather than as a standard public referendum. Several members said the Schrader decision should be folded into broader southern‑school and debt‑projection conversations before formal action.
Ellwein characterized the draft as a "living document" and said he will return a refined plan to the facilities committee; the board did not take final action on the Schrader project at this meeting.
