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Park Ridge CCSD 64 outlines multi-million-dollar needs to fix elementary schools' doors, HVAC, alarms and water damage
Summary
District presenters said a revised master facilities plan identifies urgent safety and infrastructure upgrades across five elementary schools, including replacement of more than 180 doors (estimated $2.5M), HVAC upgrades, fire alarm replacements, plumbing fixes and accessibility work. No formal vote was recorded in the transcript.
A presenter for Park Ridge CCSD 64 delivered a recorded overview of a revised master facilities plan, saying district leaders identified multiple urgent safety and infrastructure needs across the district’s five elementary schools: Carpenter, Field, Franklin, Washington and Roosevelt.
The presenter said, "More than 180 doors and frames need to be replaced in our elementary schools, and redoing all the interior doors and frames across the district will cost around 2 and a half million dollars." The presentation framed the work as safety-driven: many interior doors are original to the buildings and have reached the end of their useful life.
Why it matters: the district argued the work is needed to protect students and staff, reduce ongoing…
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