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Troy City School District board hears update on $56M modernization; tech wing delayed by state review
Summary
Board received a multi-school capital-project update covering the $56 million modernization program, school reopenings and elevator timelines, turfing of athletic fields, and concern that State Education Department review is slowing the high-school tech wing timetable.
The Troy City School District board received a detailed update on the district's multi-year building modernization program, including reopening plans for School 16, turfing of athletic fields and delays in state review that could slow the high-school tech wing.
Mr. Hotaling, introduced by the chair as the presenter of the capital-project update, told the board the $56,000,000 modernization project was approved by voters in December 2019 and has proceeded in phases across elementary and secondary buildings. He reviewed completed work (windows and HVAC at Caroll Hill; the yearlong renovation at Detroit Community School) and recent openings, including completed Phase 3 work at School 18 that refreshed HVAC, secure entry and cafeteria spaces.
He said School 16 is in the tail end of a two-phase renovation and that students and staff are starting to move back in; furniture deliveries were under way the week of the update. "I don't think the elevator is going to be handed over to us for the start of school," Mr. Hotaling…
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