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Superintendent: Trane review advancing and new CHOICE program launched for fifth graders
Summary
District staff reported that TRANE Technologies is nearly finished with a facilities review ahead of a potential non-voted guaranteed energy performance bond; staff expect information mid-March, an April RFP and anticipated approval in May. The superintendent also described the CHOICE program for fifth graders.
During the Feb. 4 board meeting, district operations staff reported that TRANE Technologies is concluding its review of building systems that the district may update under a non-voted guaranteed energy performance bond. The consultant’s schedule, as recorded in the minutes, indicates TRANE plans "to release information to us mid-March, an RFP to be posted in April and an anticipated approval in May." The work emphasis would focus on heating, controls and lighting.
On academics, the superintendent described the CHOICE program developed to replace the DARE program for fifth graders this year. CHOICE is presented in the minutes as an acronym — "Creating Habits Of Integrity, Character, and Excellence" — and was designed after Officer Rollins consulted with elementary school leadership and counselors about age-appropriate topics for fifth-grade students.
The minutes also record that the high school Media Club will not attend an April journalism conference due to unrest in Minneapolis; the superintendent noted this as an operational change. The district did not provide detailed cost estimates for the TRANE recommendations in the minutes; staff plan to release further information according to the consultant’s timeline.
