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Consultants outline $687.4 million in near-term maintenance and capacity needs; board asks auditors to re-check facility counts
Summary
Consultants told the Lexington County School District One board that near-term roof, HVAC and targeted capacity projects across clusters total roughly $687.4 million in preliminary pro formas; the board pressed consultants to reconcile mismatched instance counts in the detailed facility assessment and requested follow-up data.
Consultants from the facilities team presented a districtwide maintenance and growth-capacity plan that places priority roof and HVAC work and selected additions on a 1–5 year timeline and offered a preliminary aggregate cost estimate of $687,400,000 for the work discussed at the workshop.
The presenter said the team physically inspected nearly 4,000,000 square feet of district property, geolocated deficiencies on floor plans, and scored components on a 1–5 scale, with 1 indicating critical items and 5 indicating like-new condition. The presentation grouped projects by school cluster — Gilbert, Pellon, White/White Knoll, River Bluff and Lexington — and highlighted recurring big-ticket needs such as roof replacements, rooftop unit and HVAC work, site and car-loop changes, and athletic upgrades.
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