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Regional School District 15 weighs five‑year capital plan and whether to add a second high‑school turf field to a bond question
Summary
Superintendent Joe Mercato presented a five‑year capital plan that prioritizes safety, HVAC and science‑lab upgrades and explores bundling projects into a school‑construction bond; board members asked for firm cost estimates and legal advice before adding a proposed second turf field to a referendum.
Superintendent Joe Mercato presented Regional School District 15's draft five‑year capital plan and urged the board to consider economies of scale if it moves forward with a construction bond. The presentation broke the district's capital needs into two buckets: recurring operating capital and a capital reserve/educational expense account that can carry unspent funds forward. "We prioritize safety and mechanicals," Mercato said, describing roofing, HVAC and science‑lab needs across nine buildings that total roughly 700,000 square feet.
The board spent most of its meeting on how to finance and sequence the work. Mercato outlined three science‑lab projects (two new labs at Roche and Bow and a renovation at the high school) and said formal pricing is still pending; he recommended…
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