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Board accepts Pearson roof educational specifications to enable state grant application
Summary
The board accepted and approved educational specifications for the Pearson School roof project so the district can submit a state grant application; project manager Roger described the roof condition, measurement methods and timeline for grant submission.
The Winchester Board of Education voted to accept the educational specifications for the Pearson School roof, a step required to submit the district’s state grant application.
Roger, the project manager, told the board the roof is over 20 years old and the ed specs document details the scope needed for the state application. Board members asked about square-foot estimates; staff said measurements — drawn from EagleView mapping tools — give confidence in the sizing and clarified that small measurement variances would not invalidate the motion. The superintendent noted a reimbursement rate of about 72 percent for planning purposes and explained the application must be filed in the first 10 days of a month for non-priority list projects; the district aims to file in the first 10 days of June to keep the reimbursement calculation in the current fiscal year.
A motion to accept and approve the educational specifications was made, seconded and approved unanimously. The motion allows administration and the project manager to proceed with the grant submission and next procurement steps consistent with the approved specifications.
