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Board presses staff over High School North heating problems; district cites vendor-control connectivity issues
Summary
Board members raised repeated heating complaints at High School North, with teachers reporting classroom temperatures as low as 51–53°F; staff said some HVAC control connectivity to vendor servers prevented remote fixes and that crews had to perform hands-on repairs while working through warranties and parts.
Board members pressed facilities staff about ongoing heating failures at High School North during a recent cold spell, saying teachers and students had been working and learning in cold classrooms. A teacher in public comment said he recorded temperatures between 53°F and 60°F over recent weeks. "The range that I've had has gone from 53 to 60," Richard Lill, a teacher in Upper C, told the board during public comment.
Facilities staff said some of the trouble stemmed from connectivity problems: certain units did not show up on district servers because vendor connections were not visible, forcing technicians to complete hands-on visits. Staff identified the affected equipment as certain Nesbit-model units and said they were investigating batch/model issues from COVID-era production runs. They committed to providing a detailed list of affected rooms and to continuing to relocate classes to warm spaces when necessary while repairs proceed.
