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Facilities director warns aging roofs, HVAC and lighting strain Richland School District maintenance budget
Summary
A facilities presentation to the Richland School District board identified aging roofing, HVAC and life‑safety systems at multiple schools, a drop in preventive maintenance work and staffing shortfalls that are pushing corrective repairs onto next year’s budget.
Brett, the district’s facilities director, told the Richland School District board on April 14 that the district’s annual asset‑preservation assessment shows widespread aging components — notably roofing at several schools, outdated building automation and inefficient lighting — and a decline in preventive maintenance that is increasing corrective repair work.
The presentation explained how the state’s asset‑preservation framework scores buildings and sites and flagged several campuses as nearing major repair needs. Brett said the district’s preventive‑maintenance work orders peaked at about 52% of total work orders in 2021 but have fallen to roughly 11% in the most recent 12‑month period while corrective work orders grew to the majority of requests.…
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