Proposition A

Proposition A is 89% of the total bond, totaling $134,236,405. This proposition includes facility deficiencies (eg. roofs, HVAC, electrical, etc.) and minor renovations and updates to safety, security, and technology infrastructure for all school facilities.

Items included in Proposition A

Facility Deficiencies

  • Roof replacements at several schools

  • New HVAC rooftop equipment to replace equipment more than 17 years old that requires expiring refrigerant and add new HVAC equipment in several schools

  • Replace HVAC chillers, boilers, and air handlers

  • Replace failing sewer lines

  • Replace outdated electrical panels, switches, transformers, and equipment (infrastructure more than 25 years old and integral to the life of the facility)

  • Replace fire alarm systems and components attached to school buildings that are beyond their useful life

  • Renovations to several school facilities

  • Replace chill water piping throughout the building that is cracked, corroded, and beyond repair at CHHS and add isolation valves (infrastructure for all three floors for building air conditioning)

  • Replace cast iron sewer pipe underground 

  • Replace underground main ductile iron water line that is corroded and beyond repair 

  • Replace the 1984 vent hood system in the school kitchen to meet code requirements

  • Renovate ground water lift stations

  • Replace an exterior 1,000-gallon concrete underground kitchen grease trap

Technology Infrastructure

  • Replace network equipment and add network drops for district connectivity

  • Acquire systems to protect student data and secure learning devices and platforms

  • Replace servers to maintain district operations, systems, and communications

  • Replace phone system to maintain continuity of communications

  • Replace battery backup devices to maintain operations

Safety & Security

  • Add cameras districtwide, increase security surveillance, to include software licenses

  • Add access controls to identified areas

  • Acquire and replace expiring AEDs

  • Replace doors and frames for security in several schools

  • Replace the communication system and components used for general and emergency communications in schools (public announcements) 

  • Upgrade infrastructure for adequate coverage of two-way radios and replace outdated radios for campus communication

Transportation

  • Replace 10 buses for transporting students

  • Replace 4 SUVs for transporting students

  • Acquisition of GPS hardware for buses and SUVs with connectivity and service as a package (approx. 90 units)

  • Acquisition of RFID hardware, system, and parent application for buses

  • Replace underground gas and diesel fuel storage tanks and dispensing tanks that are more than 30 years old

Campus, Program & Equipment Updates

  • Renovations for culinary at CHHS and other areas to support and/or expand CTE courses at both comprehensive high schools

  • Acquire assistive technology equipment for SPED students

  • Replace kitchen equipment

  • Replace equipment used for cleaning buildings and equipment used to maintain fields

  • Campus fine arts: replace stage sound systems at elementary and middle schools, fine arts equipment, stage curtains, uniforms, and instruments

  • Campus athletics: middle school weight rooms and athletic equipment

  • Replace flooring that is failing or unsafe