"Even if we were able to expedite the design and bidding/procurement of the work, the installation/construction phase is pretty intrusive and can only be completed over the summer break when we are not in session."
"Our summer 2021 projects were initiated at the beginning of calendar year 2020, so this is a pretty typical project cycle," Bryant said in an email. She said the next round of upgrades is being planned "as quickly as possible," but designing and obtaining bids for a project, as well as equipment, takes time. The final one is September 2024.īryant explained the construction timeline to The Dispatch earlier this summer.
The district is expected to receive $450 million over three rounds of funding, with three different spending deadlines.
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But now the district will use some of its recently allocated federal COVID-19 relief dollars to get all its buildings full air-conditioning by the 2022-23 school year, with work occurring in summer 2022. The original plan was to secure additional funds to eventually replace those buildings as part of a facilities master plan. Schools with years of life remaining were prioritized, while buildings that might be replaced soon - a majority of those impacted this week - were not, said Alex Trevino, the district's director of capital improvements. When will all Columbus schools have air conditioning?Ĭolumbus Gifted Academy, Eastmoor Academy, Whetstone High School and the Columbus Preparatory School for Boys are in the middle of HVAC upgrades to add air conditioning, while most of the other affected buildings do not have building-wide air conditioning and won't until next year.Īrts Impact Middle School and Siebert Elementary School do have it, but their systems went down earlier this week and the district is waiting on repairs, spokeswoman Jacqueline Bryant said.Ĭolumbus City Schools has gradually been upgrading the HVAC systems in its buildings through Operation: Fix It, a $125 million, districtwide building improvement initiative funded by a portion of a tax increase voters approved in 2016. Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys.Columbus Alternative High School (CAHS).Which Columbus schools will start late due to heat? On Monday and Tuesday, they'll dip into the mid-80s.įamilies that need a Chromebook laptop should reach out to their building principal or school office to make arrangements to pick up a device, according to the district. Through Sunday, high temperatures in Columbus are expected to be in the low 90s, according to the National Weather Service. News: Heat wave persists in Ohio, weather service issues advisory Nearly 7,300 students enrolled in the affected schools in the 2020-21 school year, or about 16% of the district's total student population, according to data on the district's website. The rest of the district - the state's largest, with about 47,000 students spanning more than 100 buildings - will start the new school year in person on Thursday. The new school year marks the first time in which most Columbus City Schools students will attend in-person classes five days a week since the COVID-19 pandemic began.Ĭolumbus City Schools will continue to monitor the weather and expects the 20 affected school buildings will transition to in-person learning starting Monday. More: How many COVID-19 cases have been reported in your Columbus-area school district? The impacted buildings do not have air conditioning in classrooms or are working on getting HVAC systems installed or fixed, according to the district. Twenty Columbus City Schools buildings will start the new school year remotely Thursday and Friday due to the anticipated extreme temperatures and high humidity this week.
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