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Board reviews multiple facility budgets, including auditorium upgrades and HVAC, funded from capital projects
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Summary
Construction staff outlined Phase 1 campus enclosure projects ($959,612), auditorium upgrades ($2,130,851), and several repair/replacement requests (sewer and HVAC not-to-exceed $248,000 each), plus a $1.77M roofing request for Blackman Road Middle School; staff credited East Bluffs capital funds for the work.
Construction committee staff presented a series of capital and maintenance project requests and a visual status update during the March 9 work session.
Mark Cantrell introduced Phase 1 campus-enclosure budgets for Baker Middle, Jordan Vocational College and Career Academy, and River Road Elementary (budgetary impact $959,612 from the Capital Projects Fund — East Bluffs). He then presented an auditorium-upgrade budget ($2,130,851) for Shaw High School, the St. Elmo Center for the Gifted, and Winton Arts Academy, and a request to authorize Peach Engineering to oversee sanitary sewer replacement at Fort Middle School (funding not to exceed $248,000).
Staff also requested Peach Engineering design work and a not-to-exceed $248,000 construction budget to replace failed kitchen HVAC equipment at Gentian Elementary (kitchen rooftop units). For Blackman Road Middle School, the construction team proposed a roofing contract under a cooperative procurement with a cited cost of about $1,771,031 to be paid from the Capital Projects Fund.
Construction manager Ward Odom presented a slideshow showing demolition and rebuild progress at Connette Stadium, the Rothschild gym demolition ceremony, and upcoming public engagement for the Double Churches upgrade (community meeting scheduled for March 12, 2026). Odom thanked voters for passing the East Bluffs program that is funding these projects.
Board members asked for clarifications on scope and temporary solutions (for failed systems) and the expected local engagement timeline. The transcript records staff recommendations and discussion; no formal roll-call votes are recorded in the work session transcript.
