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Blue Valley board approves roughly $1.93 million AV upgrades for high school performing‑arts centers
Summary
The board authorized a bond-funded contract with Conference Technologies Inc. to upgrade performing-arts and black-box AV systems at five high schools and Hilltop Learning Center; the project will be phased across two summers and a winter break and came in roughly $1.93 million, below earlier estimates.
The Blue Valley Board of Education on March 3 approved a bond-funded contract with Conference Technologies Inc. to upgrade audio-visual equipment in five high school performing-arts centers and the Hilltop Learning Center.
Brian Daly, who presented the proposal, said the work responds to aging systems in those spaces (many are 10–12 years old) and will be phased across two summers, with two schools this summer and the remaining high schools the next summer; Hilltop will be addressed over winter break. Daly said the district went to a national RFP and selected CTI and that the project came in at about $1,933,000, roughly $1 million under an earlier $3 million estimate included in the bond planning.
Board members asked about scope (lighting, control panels, speakers, projection or panel replacements) and whether the work would include non‑PAC common areas; Daly said this RFP was specifically for PAC spaces, little theaters and black‑box venues and that other AV needs at common areas are handled separately.
The board approved the CTI agreement by voice vote, recorded as 7–0. Daly said final completion for the first phase would be August 8 and that the district budgeted for contingencies related to tariffs or unforeseen electronics costs.
The contract is funded from Bond 2023 budget lines and is intended to reduce recurring emergency repairs and vendor calls to schools during performances.
