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Superintendent recommends decommissioning old boiler and installing mini‑splits at Cape Hill Junior‑Senior High (est. $269,000)
Summary
Staff recommended replacing the aging boiler at Cape Hill Junior‑Senior High with approximately 26 mini‑split systems to climate-control classrooms and large spaces; superintendent estimated the summer project cost at about $269,000 and said bids are in hand.
The superintendent recommended decommissioning the district’s aging boiler system at Cape Hill Junior‑Senior High and installing roughly 26 mini‑split units to heat and cool classrooms and large areas. He explained that the existing system has multiple failures—the return water tank is corroding, there are pipe leaks, steam traps need replacement and the control technology dates to the 1980s—which together make replacement of the entire system costly to restore.
Staff reported they have received bids and estimated the work could be completed this summer for approximately $269,000, with about 26 mini‑splits (including eight in the gym, three in the cafeteria, and one in most classrooms). The superintendent said decommissioning the boiler and installing mini‑splits would expand the high‑school remodel approved earlier and that the work would “cover all of our air large areas and classrooms at the high school.” The proposal was presented as a recommendation to the board; no formal vote on the capital project appears in the provided transcript. Provenance: topicintro SEG 2124, topfinish SEG 2171.
