District outlines $4.5 million in completed summer projects including boilers, playgrounds and track resurfacing

Tammy Carson, the district's director of facility and safety operations, told the board the operations team and contractors completed more than $4.5 million in bid projects over an 11-week summer work window.
Carson said major projects included high-efficiency boiler replacements at Brooks and Founders (one remaining boiler at Huntley remains to be addressed), replacement and reconfiguration of playgrounds, restroom renovations, and installation of large circulation fans in several gymnasiums as an alternative to full rooftop-unit replacement. She also reported a new parking lot, concrete and asphalt repairs, marquee sign replacements at multiple schools, and the resurfacing of the high school track.
Carson said the district leased a new mobile classroom at Little John that includes two classroom spaces and internal toilet facilities, and that work in many buildings included ceiling and lighting upgrades, flooring, added offices and a sensory room, and repurposing an archive room at the education center into staff workspace. She said maintenance staff completed about 900 work orders over the summer and still has roughly 300 open or pending work orders as the school year begins.
Board members asked about the expected lifespan of the new parking lot (Carson estimated 20-plus years with regular seal-coating and maintenance) and the synthetic-turf football field (she said the turf has been well maintained and likely remains 2+ years from replacement; a full replacement would be in the high hundreds of thousands of dollars). No budget request was made at the meeting; Carson framed the report as an accounting of previously approved, bid-funded work.