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Garfield superintendent outlines $750,000 capital reserve and plan to replace aging heating systems after winter failures
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Tomko told the Garfield board that many school heating systems are 'end of life,' announced a $750,000 capital reserve for facility needs and said the district will pursue a multi‑year HVAC replacement plan after recent boiler failures and winter stresses.
Garfield Public School District Superintendent Doctor Tomko said the district is moving from emergency fixes to a planned, multi‑year effort to replace aging heating, ventilation and air‑conditioning systems after recent winter failures.
"We put $750,000 in there," Tomko told the board, describing a capital reserve earmarked specifically for facilities needs and a priority list of long‑term projects the administration will bring to the operations committee. He said many HVAC units in the district are "end of life" and that some older systems lack monitoring to alert staff when they fail.
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