Regular School Board Meeting
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Dan Phillipsstaffwill take the place of some of that some of that need some of the things that we we might need to replace will be actually done as part of the renovation and for the carpet and tile project I think you know this already but we've finished Daniel's run all together and we're nine classrooms away from Providence so eventually that becomes just a maintenance and repair for tile we'll take the word carpet off and it'll just be our tile account but those are And then the big projects and two of these are kind of gigantic, but let's just talk about all of them real quick We know we have the Fairfax high school softball field and the initial intent was to do that as a turf field And there's been a lot of conversations about how we should do that
So we're going back right now and actually getting another estimate on some different materials And so we'll have some options to look at as we move forward The number you see there right now is the estimate for right now I think by the end of this week I may have some updated things that we can sort of talk about and work through and then also just fall back on rely on if we if we get into conversations and want to do something different and the softball field is not for FY 27 but in FY 28 but but again the planning will start now and the kind of the wish list items will start now the two big items both as part of the bond renovation the Fairfax High School roof as you can see There's nothing in FY27, but you can see it's starting in FY28 and beyond.
Carolyn Pitchesokay and you should probably speak to you mentioned the different materials that we're looking at the softball field one I would ask why are we looking for something other than turf just because the baseball field is turf and correct You have to make sure title nine. That's correct Um, and what those material like what are the materials we're looking at and why are we looking at
Right. And I do know that at one time, a couple of superintendents ago, we did look at when we did the press box at the softball field, we looked at, you know, re-putting new grass. Infield or
Dan Phillipsstafffield that is on the opposite side of the current softball field would actually make a really nice surface also. But we have to make sure that it's not really outrageously expensive that change. You know what I mean? So there's an option right there. We spent