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School facilities update: HVAC, windows, locker-room and natatorium work set for summer and beyond
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Facilities staff detailed a multi-year schedule of bond-funded projects across Huntington North schools — including HVAC control tuning, window and arena ceiling work, locker-room renovations and a planned natatorium demolition — with some work stretching into 2027.
Terry, the district’s facilities presenter, gave the board a detailed update on multi-year bond projects at the school corporation’s April 13 work session.
Terry said the mechanical-controls work at the high school has equipment installed and crews are now tuning “hundreds of control points” on the new digital HVAC system. “We’re not turning it over… until it’s 100%,” he told the board, noting weekly coordination with operations staff.
Other 2022-bond work discussed includes ceiling, lighting, piping and PA-system replacements (complete), flooring restorations and a two-phase varsity locker-room renovation that will add ADA-compliant semi-private shower stalls, new lockers, and updated coaches’ spaces. Terry said the locker-room project was bid and scheduled so that portions will be usable by the school year and other portions completed in the fall.
On the 2023 and 2025 bond fronts, staff described a Salimony (Salimani/Salimony transcript spellings) HVAC replacement and a window-replacement package that will install 1-inch insulated glass with 3M safety film on primary façades and high-traffic doors. During the Salimony update, the team discovered piping from an old buried fuel-oil storage tank beneath a planned chiller location; Terry said the plan is to remove and remediate the tank before installing a new chiller and that bond funds appear sufficient for the extra work.
Terry also described a major two-year arena ceiling repaint covering roughly 42,000 square feet and a separate bid that will remove the natatorium pool and associated locker rooms; staff said demolition and reconstruction of that area are planned for summer 2027 with engineered sequencing to protect the adjacent gym wall and foundation.
Smaller projects include sound-system replacements for weight and wrestling rooms, masonry cleaning and sealant work across the elementary “triplets,” secure vestibule door installations to limit free circulation in buildings, and parent-pickup circulation improvements that require underground utility surveys.
Board members asked about remaining restroom work and a long-standing underground sanitary-pipe concern. Terry and operations staff reported that the new low-flow fixtures have reduced flooding risk and that the corporation has funds available to address the pipe if excavation becomes necessary. The board noted prior under-budget performance on bond work and thanked staff for project management.
Next steps: staff will return to present bids (locker-room bidding was imminent) and to schedule follow-up work; no formal approvals were required at the work session.
