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Colonial School District committee outlines five‑year capital priorities and next steps for facility use policy
Summary
Committee members reviewed a living five‑year capital plan that prioritizes roofs, HVAC, field turf and a delayed elevator project (a grant application was submitted); administrators also presented facility‑use statistics and said a seven‑year policy will be circulated to the board.
The Colonial School District’s facilities management and transportation committee on April 6 reviewed a five‑year capital improvement plan that emphasizes roofing, HVAC upgrades, athletic‑field turf replacement and bleacher work while moving a proposed elevator installation into year three pending grant funding.
Joe Lai, who presented the plan, said the document is “live” and that projects can shift between years if equipment fails or funding becomes available. He described turf replacement as a 10–12 year lifecycle that requires removal and testing of infill material followed by installation of new turf and annual compaction testing to limit injury risks. Lai said administrators had applied for a grant to fund a new elevator design (the application cited an estimated cost of about $2 million) and are evaluating interim accessibility…
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