Meeting Preview: Spotsylvania School Board Work Session December 16
By Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
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The Spotsylvania School Board will meet this evening at 5:30 p.m. for a work session to approve change orders to the Spotsylvania Middle School renovation project and accept a report on first-quarter non-federal grant awards, according to the agenda.
Consent Agenda
The division’s Change Order Committee (made up of a School Board member, the superintendent, the supervisor of facilities, the executive director of operations, the chief financial officer, and the architect) has recommended the following change orders related to the Spotsylvania Middle School renovation project:
Change Order # 1 = $41,108.87 for the bus loop foundation, trash compactor, electrical room door, power feed relocation, bathroom wall alterations, fire system piping, electrical circuits & receptacles.
Change Order # 2 = $46,675.79 for chase wall/exterior walls, UPS devices, pavement markings
Change Order # 3 = $39,950.00 for rooftop handler control devices
Change Order # 4 = $29,818.57 for ceiling tile, post indicator valve
Change Order # 5 = $ 25,576.00 for electrical coil reels
Change Order # 6 = $ 42,111.72 for drain piping & ductwork
Change Order # 7 = $ 23,295.98 for firewall
Change Order # 8 = $49,868.02 for fire alarm devices, loading dock stairs, electrical wire repairs
Change Order # 9 = $46,313.86 for storm pipe, acoustic treatment, masonry pointup, bound beam, plumbing
ESTIMATED TOTAL COSTS: $347,818.81
Action Item
Staff will provide a report on the number of grants applied for and awarded from July 1 through December 6, 2024. The grants awarded, totaling $303,100, support school division programs that “enhance student safety, wellness, and instruction; address student needs such as food insecurity; and increase parent and student engagement opportunities.”
The budget for fiscal year 2025 added a grant writer position to the Office of Communications and Community Engagement.
Closed Session
The School Board will hold a closed session to “discuss and consider prospective candidates for employment, assignment, appointment, or resignation of specific public employees as permitted by Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia.”
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