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Board routes bid advertisement for Claymont High School fire alarm amid urgent facility repairs
Summary
After administrators reported weather-related failures and an aging high-school fire alarm system prone to spontaneous alarms, the Claymont board authorized advertising bids for a fire alarm replacement and asked staff to prepare multi‑year capital plans including potential building consolidation options.
District facilities reports at the Feb. 9, 2026 meeting outlined immediate and longer-term maintenance needs that the board said will inform capital planning and possible building consolidation.
Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Bradon Smith detailed weather‑related damage including frozen lines that broke a sprinkler at the Intermediate School, a failing 20‑year air handler for the gym/cafeteria with tradeoffs between full replacement and temporary electric heaters, boiler repairs, rooftop-unit repairs, and a High School fire alarm system approaching end-of-life with spontaneous activations and scarce replacement parts. The board subsequently authorized the district to advertise bids for fire alarm replacement at Claymont High School, and Superintendent Brian Rentsch was directed to work with administrators on 1-, 3-, 5- and 7-year capital plans and consolidation options.
