Facilities Director Mr. Weitzel told trustees the district must replace the aging on-site wastewater treatment plant at Chadds Ford Elementary, originally built in 1964, and recommended direct purchase of a packaged processing plant to meet upcoming lower discharge limits and to avoid costly off-site connection options. The quoted purchase price for the processing plant was $517,700; the project is budgeted within a long-range facilities plan totaling $8.85 million for related capital work.

Mr. Weitzel said additional bid packages for building demolition and site prep will be issued in October or November, and that buying the processing unit directly from the manufacturer should reduce overhead and profit markups in the construction bid.

The board also heard a second facilities voting item to outfit a high-school robotics room — a furnishings package estimated at $41,242 procured under a state purchasing agreement — intended to provide a dedicated workspace to support multiple robotics teams and outreach. Trustees and a student representative described interest in growing teams and increasing access for more students.

On electric buses, administration reported a recent $400,000 state grant award and vendor work that installed temporary low‑voltage cutoff switches to resolve a 12‑volt drain on the district’s two pilot electric buses. Because one permanent software fix remains pending from the manufacturer, staff pushed the detailed procurement review to next month and expect a vote in November; the grant-decision deadline was noted as Nov. 30.