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Committee reviews $50M FY26 ‘8%’ capital list, seeks direction to pare to $30M amid rising technology costs
Summary
District staff presented the FY26 8% capital list (about $50 million) and asked the operations committee for guidance on cutting it to a $30 million target; members emphasized life-safety and asset-preservation priorities and flagged technology's heavy share due to E-rate timing and rising costs.
At its meeting the operations committee received a first look at the FY26 ``8%'' capital-priority list, a staff work product that currently totals about $50,000,000 and that staff were asked to reduce toward a $30,000,000 target.
Nick Fila, introduced by staff as the lead for the capital-list work, described the screening process: staff carry the 10‑year capital plan forward, consult project managers and local staff to rank projects by priority, summarize by category and location, then return within weeks with a refined recommendation.…
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