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District operations lays out capital plan; board reviews elevator repair quote, new buses and a $1,333.39 lunch donation
Summary
Director of operations Kelly Kendrick presented a multi‑year capital improvement plan showing recent projects and priorities; she reported two new buses arriving, a possible middle‑school cafeteria renovation (pending kitchen funding), and a $1,333.39 donation to student lunch accounts. The board approved related business items including an elevator maintenance proposal.
Kelly Kendrick, the district’s director of operations, told the Coventry Local Board of Education on Nov. 19 that the operations team has compiled a multi‑year capital improvement plan and is tracking projects across facilities, transportation and technology.
"I'm Kelly Kendrick. I'm the director of operations," Kendrick said while presenting a slideshow of projects completed from 2022 to 2025 and a baseline plan that extends into fiscal year 2029. She described the plan as a living document that can change with fiscal adjustments or emergent needs.
Kendrick flagged several items of immediate interest: a proposed partial renovation of the middle‑school cafeteria serving line contingent on kitchen funding; two new buses scheduled for delivery the next day; and donated classroom furniture secured from a neighboring district. She also reported a charitable donation that will go directly to student meal accounts: "a total of $1,333.39 to create about 70 student lunch boxes," she said.
Later in the meeting board members reviewed a TKE Elevators proposal to change hydraulic oil in the high‑school passenger elevators at a cost the agenda listed as $14,200. A board member asked whether the contractor’s quote of $7,100 was per elevator; board and staff clarified that $7,100 appeared to be per elevator and that the motion on the table covered the two elevators discussed.
Kendrick and board members also discussed the district’s bus‑replacement plan: the district has 21 buses on the road and officials described an intention to replace two to three buses per year to keep the fleet younger and reduce maintenance costs.
The board approved contracts and agreements presented in the business portion of the agenda, including the elevator maintenance proposal, a quarterly water‑treatment service for the middle school at an annual cost of $1,300, and acceptance of donated funds (details below). Those approvals were moved and seconded during the meeting and recorded as approved by the board.
Board members asked staff to present individual capital projects for separate approval when appropriate, and reaffirmed the importance of maintaining the bus fleet and addressing elevator reliability because some students rely on elevator access to reach classrooms.
The operations update did not commit district funding to the cafeteria renovation; staff said that project would be added to the capital plan and pursued only if kitchen funding materializes.
