Chad Marsh, the district's facilities director, updated the board on a months-long push to address safety, maintenance and capital needs.

Marsh told the board maintenance staff have opened and closed more than 2,600 work orders since March and that crews have installed 42 cameras acquired through Haynes Electric. He said playground-grant vendor final pricing will be just over $24,000 for two playgrounds and that two remaining capital HVAC jobs (a new cooling tower at Mrs. Elliott's school and a rooftop unit at Mrs. Bagwell's) are moving toward competitive bids.

On school safety, Marsh said the district applied for a Stop School Violence grant intended to pay for hardware, software and other safety upgrades. During his remarks he referenced the grant as a $1,000,000 application and then corrected himself while speaking about multi-year payout timing; the transcript records both figures in the same exchange. The district said staff are pursuing the opportunity and will use funds for critical safety upgrades if awarded.

Board members praised the maintenance team's productivity and asked for more detail on cost-saving projects; Marsh described a remote-tracking system the district purchased to monitor equipment such as walk-in coolers and freezers (allowing trend analysis and remote alerts), crediting district staff including Garrett Berryhill for leading the effort.

The board did not take a vote on capital projects at the meeting; Marsh said he will bring formal proposals for playground and HVAC work to the board in December.