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West Seneca board hears $80M capital project plan and first-draft budget showing an $8M gap
Summary
Architects previewed an approximately $80 million capital improvement plan that would replace boilers, reconfigure restrooms, repurpose middle-school pools into STEM/shop space and address site circulation; district staff presented a first-draft 2026–27 budget with an $8 million gap before reserves and an estimated ~$20 annual tax impact per typical home for the project local share.
The West Seneca Central School District Board of Education on March 3 received an expanded preview of an approximately $80 million capital improvement proposal and a first-draft district budget that shows a multi-million‑dollar gap.
Architects and construction managers from Young and Wright and Campus Construction presented project priorities they said were shaped by recent student and community focus groups. The package would target long‑deferred systems and facility priorities, including replacement of aging boilers, upgraded fire‑alarm systems, restroom reconfigurations with full‑height individual stalls and a communal sink area, athletic‑field updates and targeted site work at elementary schools. The plan would also repurpose aging middle‑school pools at East and West Middle into STEM and shop spaces rather than invest an estimated $3,000,000 per pool to…
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