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District facilities assessment flags multiple repair needs; CFO outlines pending Title carryovers and operating shortfall
Summary
Whiteman presented a district facility assessment identifying several buildings with high renewal needs and projected costs; CFO Leila Simmons provided a 2025 finance review showing Title grant carryovers and an operations fund shortfall that contributed to the board’s cost‑cutting measures.
At the School City of East Chicago board meeting on Jan. 27, Scott Faulk of Whiteman (architects/engineers) presented the results of a district‑wide facility condition assessment and explained the VFA methodology used to calculate Facility Condition Index (FCI) and Renewal Index (RI) scores.
Faulk said the assessment breaks work into mission‑critical levels (immediate to deferred) and produces year‑by‑year expenditure graphs and replacement‑value estimates. He cited Washington Elementary’s replacement value of $32,984,000 and said short‑term needs there amount to about 32%…
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