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Facilities report details East Elementary remediation and high school boiler repairs; committee backs warrant article for extra capital funds
Summary
Facilities director described mold remediation and air-quality testing at East Elementary, emergency boiler repairs at Hingham High School and ongoing auditorium upgrades. The committee voted to include a warrant article requesting an additional $500,000 for the extraordinary capital fund to cover continuing emergency repairs.
The Hingham School Committee on Jan. 12 heard a detailed facilities update from Matthew Meehan, the district’s director of facilities, who described recent remediation at East Elementary and emergency repairs to boilers at Hingham High School and asked the committee to include a warrant article seeking an additional $500,000 for extraordinary capital repairs.
Meehan told the committee that East Elementary’s energy recovery units (ERUs) experienced condensation and water intrusion that prompted immediate response, ceiling-tile removal, professional remediation and ongoing monitoring by an environmental consultant. He said the district performed containment and insulation removal on a schedule recommended by the consultant and hired Spindle City (remediation contractor) to…
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