Grand Island Public Schools, Courtesy
GRAND ISLAND – Dan Petsch, Director of Buildings and Grounds for Grand Island Public Schools, told the Board of Education Jan. 9 that this year’s list of 36 facilities projects is “probably the most aggressive one since I’ve been here.”
Petsch distributed a large spreadsheet to each Board of Education member describing the project, naming the buildings involved, project priority, total cost, project type, and funding source.
The overall cost for the 36 projects is $7,952,100.
At the top of the list is a project that affects 11 buildings to upgrade video cameras and provide vape detection. Project cost is $2,495,000.
Other projects in the top 10, listed in order of priority, are:
*Install safety film to windows at 23 buildings, $665,000.
*Replace ballast roof at two-story, Grand Island Senior High School, $800,000.
*Recondition asphalt track and install rubber surface, Barr Middle School, $530,000.
*Replace flooring throughout the building and modulars, replace gym floor, Lincoln Elementary School, $239,000.
*Repair damaged HVAC condenser, Westridge Middle School, $20,000.
*Replace hot water boiler, Westridge Middle School, $50,000.
*Install overhead projectors in ceilings, Phase 2 (100/200 wings), Grand Island Senior High School, $120,000.
*Remodel business office, Kneale Administration Building, $125,000.
Tracks will be resurfaced at Walnut Middle School and Westridge Middle School for $180,000.
Another project of interest involves the planetarium at Grand Island Senior High School. The proposal calls for replacing the planetarium seating and flooring and upgrading the planetarium system at a cost of $250,000. The project is listed as 35th in priority out of 36 projects.
Sources for the project funding are Special Building Fund ($2,409,000); Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund ($4,351,100); General Fund ($1,167,000); and other sources ($25,000).
Dan Petsch, Director of Buildings and Grounds for Grand Island Public Schools, addresses the Board of Education about building projects for 2025, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
