Washington May Need New Roof
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Section C, where the leak is, is the part of the roof on the “far side in the middle over teacher Derek Pike’s classroom,” according to Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert.
Warsaw Community School Corp. Director of Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds Dirk Felger told the school board Tuesday afternoon that quotes for roof replacement on the section will come in to him at 2 p.m. Thursday. He will then have copies of those quotes to the board by Friday so they can decide on what action to take at their regular monthly meeting Monday.
“Hopefully, we’ll get some good numbers in Thursday,” he said.
Money has been budgeted in the corporation’s Capital Projects Fund for the roof work, which Felger estimated at around $90,000. He said the school’s roof is about 27 years old and past due for repair. The roof over Section C is in the worst shape. A new roof would have a 20-year warranty.
Jennifer Tandy, board president, asked why they couldn’t delay voting on taking any action on the roof until drawings from architects are provided on the school’s improvements. Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said that could be in September.
“You’re very confidant with whatever we do, this roof isn’t going to be disturbed in six months to a year?” board member Dan Metzger asked.
Felger said if the board approved the roof work now, it will remain as-is during the building project.
“My question is the funding of it,” board member Jay Baumgartner said. “You’re using Capital Projects funds. We just did a referendum and this looks like you’re sliding something in under there.”
“This is something we can’t wait a year to address,” Metzger noted.
Felger reiterated that when they go through the building design process, the new roof will have to remain as part of it.
When Metzger asked if there was a cheap, temporary fix, Felger said no.
“I don’t disagree with it, but I feel the timing is terrible,” Baumgartner said.
Tandy suggested maybe they could patch it now and deal with it until the building project.
“If we’re sure nothing is going to change, I’m OK with doing it now,” Metzger said. “My biggest fear is we’ll spend $90,000 and have to tear it off later. This (roof) is leaking now.”
Felger said the roof keeps getting “worse and worse.”
Hoffert asked Felger if he could check on what short-term fixes would be. Felger responded, “They are on there now. We had to do that back in March.”
Baumgartner asked when the roof replacement would be done if the board approved it. Felger said it will depend on the company who gets the bid, but there is a three-week window after summer school that would be ideal.
“The longer we wait on this, the more damage leaks can do over there,” Metzger said.
The board also reviewed requests from:
• Director of Food and Nutrition Services Marci Franks to purchase a combination steam and convection oven from Stafford Smith Inc. for the high school at a cost of $34,532. Franks said she received five quotes and Stafford Smith was the lowest one. The oven will replace two smaller stacked ovens.
• Warsaw Community High School Athletic Director Dave Anson to purchase and install baseball fence and privacy slats and remove the old fence at the varsity baseball field. The cost is $23,015 from Custom Fencing Inc., but does not include all of the baseball fencing at this time. Anson said three companies submitted bids, but Custom Fencing was the lowest. The other two were for $27,335 and $32,480. Anson said $27,000 was budgeted for this project, and he’s working on replacing the rest of the fence at a later time.
• Chief Technology Officer Brad Hagg, who had several items for the board to consider and approve at its meeting Monday.
The first was to purchase software for monitoring security camera displays in the district’s buildings. The quote is for $25,683.96 from EF Rhoades & Sons. A majority of the cost will be paid out of a Department of Homeland Security grant WCS received.
He also requested the board approve a camera for the west side of WCHS from EF Rhoades for $11,139. The money to pay for it would come out of the school’s extracurricular funds, which are derived from school parking fees.
With MyBigCampus no longer free, Hagg presented the board with a quote of $32,125 for a three-year agreement with Instructure for Canvas, a learning management system. Hagg said Canvas is used by colleges and universities across the country. Hagg is still negotiating a deal with Instructure, but cost will be no more than $5 per student.
Hagg presented another quote for $54,498.56 per year for three years with Network Solutions Inc. for a Meraki Systems Manager. It will provide security and location tracking for iPads across the school district. He said Meraki helps the school corporation control what students can download on their school-provided iPads. The cost was budgeted, he said, and if they don’t go ahead with it, students would be able to download inappropriate apps on their devices.
The fifth item Hagg presented to the board was to move its internal email hosting to Google Apps for Education. Google would house all the district’s email on their servers and WCS wouldn’t have to worry about those costs. Google does not charge educational institutions for Google Apps for Education, he said, but there is an upfront cost to migrate the email and data to it. He said the school corporation would save money with the move.
The last request from Hagg was to replace 400 computers in the school corporation that are eight to 10 years. The cost of $98,000 is budgeted, he said, and most of the old computers are at the high school. They would be replaced with refurbished computers with lifetime warranties.
When Tandy asked him why now, Hagg responded, “It gives us stability especially since we know online testing is expanding, not contracting,” and students can’t take the tests on iPad Minis.
Metzger asked if the only use for the computers would be high-stakes testing. Hagg said no, and that they are in fact used all the time.
“These are on the extreme end of what should have been replaced a long time ago,” Hagg said.[[In-content Ad]]
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Section C, where the leak is, is the part of the roof on the “far side in the middle over teacher Derek Pike’s classroom,” according to Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert.
Warsaw Community School Corp. Director of Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds Dirk Felger told the school board Tuesday afternoon that quotes for roof replacement on the section will come in to him at 2 p.m. Thursday. He will then have copies of those quotes to the board by Friday so they can decide on what action to take at their regular monthly meeting Monday.
“Hopefully, we’ll get some good numbers in Thursday,” he said.
Money has been budgeted in the corporation’s Capital Projects Fund for the roof work, which Felger estimated at around $90,000. He said the school’s roof is about 27 years old and past due for repair. The roof over Section C is in the worst shape. A new roof would have a 20-year warranty.
Jennifer Tandy, board president, asked why they couldn’t delay voting on taking any action on the roof until drawings from architects are provided on the school’s improvements. Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said that could be in September.
“You’re very confidant with whatever we do, this roof isn’t going to be disturbed in six months to a year?” board member Dan Metzger asked.
Felger said if the board approved the roof work now, it will remain as-is during the building project.
“My question is the funding of it,” board member Jay Baumgartner said. “You’re using Capital Projects funds. We just did a referendum and this looks like you’re sliding something in under there.”
“This is something we can’t wait a year to address,” Metzger noted.
Felger reiterated that when they go through the building design process, the new roof will have to remain as part of it.
When Metzger asked if there was a cheap, temporary fix, Felger said no.
“I don’t disagree with it, but I feel the timing is terrible,” Baumgartner said.
Tandy suggested maybe they could patch it now and deal with it until the building project.
“If we’re sure nothing is going to change, I’m OK with doing it now,” Metzger said. “My biggest fear is we’ll spend $90,000 and have to tear it off later. This (roof) is leaking now.”
Felger said the roof keeps getting “worse and worse.”
Hoffert asked Felger if he could check on what short-term fixes would be. Felger responded, “They are on there now. We had to do that back in March.”
Baumgartner asked when the roof replacement would be done if the board approved it. Felger said it will depend on the company who gets the bid, but there is a three-week window after summer school that would be ideal.
“The longer we wait on this, the more damage leaks can do over there,” Metzger said.
The board also reviewed requests from:
• Director of Food and Nutrition Services Marci Franks to purchase a combination steam and convection oven from Stafford Smith Inc. for the high school at a cost of $34,532. Franks said she received five quotes and Stafford Smith was the lowest one. The oven will replace two smaller stacked ovens.
• Warsaw Community High School Athletic Director Dave Anson to purchase and install baseball fence and privacy slats and remove the old fence at the varsity baseball field. The cost is $23,015 from Custom Fencing Inc., but does not include all of the baseball fencing at this time. Anson said three companies submitted bids, but Custom Fencing was the lowest. The other two were for $27,335 and $32,480. Anson said $27,000 was budgeted for this project, and he’s working on replacing the rest of the fence at a later time.
• Chief Technology Officer Brad Hagg, who had several items for the board to consider and approve at its meeting Monday.
The first was to purchase software for monitoring security camera displays in the district’s buildings. The quote is for $25,683.96 from EF Rhoades & Sons. A majority of the cost will be paid out of a Department of Homeland Security grant WCS received.
He also requested the board approve a camera for the west side of WCHS from EF Rhoades for $11,139. The money to pay for it would come out of the school’s extracurricular funds, which are derived from school parking fees.
With MyBigCampus no longer free, Hagg presented the board with a quote of $32,125 for a three-year agreement with Instructure for Canvas, a learning management system. Hagg said Canvas is used by colleges and universities across the country. Hagg is still negotiating a deal with Instructure, but cost will be no more than $5 per student.
Hagg presented another quote for $54,498.56 per year for three years with Network Solutions Inc. for a Meraki Systems Manager. It will provide security and location tracking for iPads across the school district. He said Meraki helps the school corporation control what students can download on their school-provided iPads. The cost was budgeted, he said, and if they don’t go ahead with it, students would be able to download inappropriate apps on their devices.
The fifth item Hagg presented to the board was to move its internal email hosting to Google Apps for Education. Google would house all the district’s email on their servers and WCS wouldn’t have to worry about those costs. Google does not charge educational institutions for Google Apps for Education, he said, but there is an upfront cost to migrate the email and data to it. He said the school corporation would save money with the move.
The last request from Hagg was to replace 400 computers in the school corporation that are eight to 10 years. The cost of $98,000 is budgeted, he said, and most of the old computers are at the high school. They would be replaced with refurbished computers with lifetime warranties.
When Tandy asked him why now, Hagg responded, “It gives us stability especially since we know online testing is expanding, not contracting,” and students can’t take the tests on iPad Minis.
Metzger asked if the only use for the computers would be high-stakes testing. Hagg said no, and that they are in fact used all the time.
“These are on the extreme end of what should have been replaced a long time ago,” Hagg said.[[In-content Ad]]
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