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District facilities lead recommends maximizing Conestoga repairs, updates on high‑school stadium and old aquatic center options
Summary
Facilities staff recommended a fuller renovation approach for Conestoga Elementary to address condition and educational suitability, provided timeline and bidding updates on Campbell County High School phases, reported $7.4 million in additional transportation appropriation under consideration, and outlined options including demolition and sale for the old aquatic center.
The district’s facilities director briefed the board on multiple capital and maintenance items, urging the board to seek a fuller scope for Conestoga Elementary work and updating members on Campbell County High School and the old aquatic center.
On Conestoga Elementary, the facilities director said the Mercer study recommended mostly smaller repairs (masonry, sidewalks, lighting, HVAC control and fire‑alarm work) but the district asked the department to add rekeying, upgraded access controls, sound attenuation in a kindergarten classroom, casework replacement and reconfiguration of the main office to improve educational suitability.
He noted that the department’s condition/capacity scoring can omit educational suitability in initial remedies and argued that a ‘‘half‑life’’ renovation over two summers would reduce long‑term maintenance needs. He cited a facility condition index example and said Conestoga’s current FCI was 0.38 and that targeted work could push it significantly lower.
On Campbell County High School, he reported Phase 1 is out to bid (15 contractors attended the Jan. 21 pre‑bid tour), a Feb. 4 bid opening and a planned Feb. 10 contractor recommendation to the board. Phase 1 includes temporary parking built from milled material, demolition of a nonfunctional restroom building and removal of structures on an adjacent parcel; he warned parking impacts will persist through a multi‑year replacement.
Transportation funding was discussed: the Joint Appropriations Committee approved an additional $7,400,000 to the project budget, but the facilities director cautioned the appropriation must still pass both houses and be signed by the governor.
Regarding the old aquatic center, options include mothballing, sale, subdivision, demolition (cost estimate roughly $670,000) or repurposing; the director said he will begin the district’s asset‑surplus process in March and that any disposal would require a public hearing.
The board asked clarifying questions about sequencing and community impacts; the director said he would return with design schedules and cost estimates and recommended spreading major work over two summers to minimize repeated disruption.
