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Facilities report details work orders, grant-funded solar and noise-mitigation projects and CTE expansion
Summary
Facilities staff reported ~2,200 work orders this year, discussed increased public use of school buildings and substitute staffing costs, and outlined grant-funded projects (solar resiliency canopies, federal noise-mitigation upgrades, inclusive playgrounds) and an expanding CTE facility with construction starting.
Brian Hunt, representing the facilities department, told the board the facilities team completed approximately 2,200 work orders this year while maintaining roughly 850,000 square feet of buildings and 450 acres; that total is expected to rise next year.
Hunt described increased weekend and evening public use of district buildings and the hidden costs of substitute custodial staffing to support those events. He highlighted grant-funded projects: a solar-resiliency grant that will add a parking-canopy solar installation at Hillcrest and roof work at Broadview (both intended to power safety-critical loads during outages), a federal noise-mitigation grant covering Oak Harbor Elementary, Olympic View, Northwoodby and Hillcrest that will fund mechanical and window upgrades (and added cooling at Northwood Middle), and a Healthy Kids/Healthy Schools grant to install an inclusive playground at Elkhart Intermediate.
Hunt also summarized recent logistics: moving two portables at Crescent Harbor during spring break to clear the east-side parking-lot work, and the start of construction on a CTE expansion with substantial completion targeted for October. On mandates, he warned the Washington Clean Buildings Act will require energy benchmarking and maintenance plans for all district schools and will incur initial and ongoing costs; the district plans to hire a contractor to gather initial data and then maintain the program internally.
Board members asked about contractor warranties and post-occupancy defect handling; staff said warranties typically start at substantial completion and range from one year (workmanship) to up to 5–10 years for larger components. No formal board action on facilities projects was taken at the meeting; timelines and budgets were presented for board awareness.
