Board hears updates on McAnulty project, auditorium lighting bids and Steel Center roof; approval to seek bids for central lot work
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Summary
Administrators updated the board on McAnulty Elementary community sessions and proposed facilities work including an auditorium lighting bid opening, purchase of a 48-passenger lift vehicle for $152,000, and plans to advertise for central-lot concrete and asphalt bids; Steel Center roof costs were discussed.
District staff briefed the board on several facility and career-technical education (CTE) matters.
McAnulty Elementary: Administration reported four community information sessions and tours for the McAnulty project (Good Shepherd, North Zion, Baldwin High School) with roughly 50 parents attending so far. Topics discussed at those sessions included safety protocols (ALICE), PA-system concerns for a 'school within a school' design, and parent Q&A based on the slide deck used in outreach.
Auditorium lighting and lift vehicle: The board received a facilities report that bids were opened recently for auditorium lighting and that administration recommended accepting the lowest bid (amount in the spoken transcript is garbled). The board also was advised to authorize acceptance of a bid to purchase a 48-passenger lift vehicle needed for special-education transportation; a figure of $152,000 was recorded for that vehicle.
Central lot and outdoor space: Administration asked permission to advertise for bids to repair concrete and asphalt in the Baldwin High School central lot and discussed a concept to reconfigure part of the lot as an outdoor dining and kindergarten recess area (losing approximately 10 parking spaces but preserving traffic flow and loading access); the board authorized advertising for bids.
Steel Center and CTE: Representatives reported inspection-related delays that postponed opening culinary/baking spaces and described cosmetology and other CTE program updates. The report noted recent equipment donations to Steel Center (Dual Refrigeration: $28,000; ATEC: $5,350) and referenced a proposed roof replacement cost of about $1,860,000 for the joint facility.
Administration indicated final design and bid documents will be presented in follow-up items as projects move from advertisement to construction.
Sources: Facilities, CTE representatives and superintendent remarks in the board meeting transcript.