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Board hears proposed capital-project schedule and long-range cost estimates
Summary
Consultants outlined a pre-referendum schedule to vote on a capital project in December 2026, with design, SED review, and construction expected through 2028–2029; trustees discussed prioritizing essential MEP and safety work and noted a long-range building-condition estimate approaching $194 million.
Project staff presented a pre-referendum timeline that would have the board decide on scope by June 2026, submit design to SED in January 2028, and hold a public vote in December 2026 to enable construction in 2028–2029. The presenters linked the schedule to debt-service timing and discussed coordinating educational improvements with essential MEP/building-condition work.
Board members debated scale and sequencing. One trustee characterized the near-term package under consideration as "maybe an $18,000,000 ish, 0 tax impact project," while consultants cautioned that a full seven-year restoration estimate from the building-condition survey summed to roughly $194,000,000. Trustees emphasized prioritizing the most critical items to avoid large tax impacts and suggested using a thought-exchange survey to solicit community priorities before finalizing the scope.
