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Board hears facility failures; authorizes advertising bids to replace failing high-school fire alarm system
Summary
Buildings and grounds staff reported weather-related damage to multiple systems and said the high school fire alarm is at end-of-life with alarms "going off spontaneously"; the board authorized advertising bids to replace the system and approved emergency repairs for other equipment.
Claymont City School District officials told the board on Feb. 9 that severe winter weather exposed multiple facility failures, including a broken sprinkler line at the Intermediate School from frozen pipes, a failing 20-year-old air handler serving the gym and cafeteria, boiler repairs and a rooftop-unit repair. Bradon Smith, the district’s buildings and grounds supervisor, reported these issues and warned that the high school’s fire alarm system is at its "end-of-life," with parts becoming harder to find.
The board authorized the administration to advertise bids for replacement of the Claymont High School fire alarm system. That authorization was part of a larger slate of superintendent recommendations the board approved, which the minutes record as passed on roll-call votes. The meeting record does not list an estimated replacement cost or a timetable for work beyond the authorization to solicit bids.
