Board reviews multimillion‑dollar secure‑vestibule and campus enclosure budgets as part of East Bluffs projects

The Muscogee County School District’s construction department presented multiple capital requests at the Feb. 9 work session, including a Phase 2 secure‑vestibule project with a proposed budget “not to exceed” $6,589,210 and a Phase 1 campus enclosure at Northside High School with a proposed budget “not to exceed” $462,388.

Construction staff described the secure‑vestibule work as an effort to improve entryway security across schools as part of the district’s East Bluffs campus initiative. The Department also sought approval to purchase sound‑dampening panels for three elementary school gyms for $93,936 and to replace gym floors at Georgetown, Martin Luther King Jr. and Matthews elementary schools for $207,700. Each item’s funding was described as coming from the capital projects fund tied to the East Bluffs initiative.

Superintendent recommendations were read for the listed amounts; the transcript records the department presenting the requested budgets and board members asking clarifying questions, but it does not include a recorded roll‑call vote during the work session.

Board members had procedural questions about the wording and specifics of the projects; construction staff clarified that the vestibule work targets entryways and is part of a phased security approach. The transcript shows the board moving on after the requests were presented and the superintendent’s recommendation noted.

Because the work session transcript records requests and recommendations without capturing a formal vote, the record on whether the board ultimately approved these specific amounts is not contained in this session’s text.