Business manager details summer facilities and tech work across Big Spring SD
Summary
Big Spring SD business manager Christie Lentz summarized summer maintenance and capital work including Oak Flat hot-water replacement, planning to convert middle-school boilers from oil to propane, security-camera upgrades, a TV-studio remodel and food-service equipment installs funded from the general fund assigned balance and a state safety grant.
Christie Lentz, the district business manager, gave the board an overview of summer facilities and technology work intended to keep buildings functional and ready for the school year.
"Although we did not endeavor on any large capital projects, the staff did keep busy with many, smaller projects this summer to continue to maintain the appearance and the functionality of our buildings and grounds," Lentz said as she walked the board through completed and in-progress items. She told directors the Oak Flat Elementary hot-water heater was replaced by Lobar Associates and paid from the district's general fund assigned balance for capital projects. Lentz also described ongoing exterior work at the middle school and Mount Rock Elementary that began Aug. 5 and will continue into the fall.
The board heard that the district is planning a staged conversion of the middle-school boilers from oil to propane with McClure handling planning and line marking; two new underground tanks will be added to the existing pair and new lines will be run and connected. Lentz noted multiple technology upgrades: security cameras are being replaced across the district; Cat6 cabling was installed at the district office by Herb Tech; the high-school TV studio electric work began the week of Aug. 10 with equipment installation scheduled for Aug. 17 and teacher training on Aug. 21. An intercom-speaker replacement project at Oak Flat, Mount Rock and the middle school was paid for in part by a Pennsylvania school-safety grant.
Food-service improvements included new dishwashers at Oak Flat and the middle school and a "cold bar" planned for middle-school delivery on Aug. 19 to expand reimbursable meal options. Lentz said copier leases were replaced districtwide in mid-August and that technology slated for recycling (old Chromebooks and peripherals) had been picked up by a vendor the board previously approved.
The presentation included photos and funding notes for each item, and Lentz thanked custodial, maintenance, technology and business-office staff for completing the work that supports student instruction. "These projects would not happen without these dedicated individuals," she said.
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