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Weston school board weighs $4.2 million capital request after state grant shift delays North House HVAC
Summary
Board members reviewed a reprioritized $4.2M capital request and asked staff for a clear approval timeline after the state moved the district's IAQ grant to DAS, delaying the North House HVAC project and shifting an estimated $1.9M local cost onto a referendum.
Weston school board members discussed a revised $4.2 million capital request on Tuesday and set a timeline to present referendum language and an implementation schedule after a change in state grant administration paused reimbursement for a planned North House HVAC replacement.
The board heard a line-by-line recap from staff and facilities personnel, who said they had reprioritized items to reflect safety needs and equipment failures. Superintendent Phil Cross told the board the North House HVAC project—a multi-year plan that had initially been estimated at about $2.4 million—must be paused because the IAQ grant the district planned to use has been moved to the state Department of Administrative Services and will now follow a non-priority school-construction process. That change means the district cannot rely on the previously expected reimbursement timing and must present the local share to voters in a referendum.
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