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Oswego School District 308 Board approves $117,800 in emergency repairs to Boulder Hill School · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego School District three hundred and eight board approves one
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  Speaker 1: hundred seventeen thousand, eight hundred dollars in emergency repairs to
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  Speaker 1: Boulder Hill School. Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: Oswego School District three hundred and eight is moving ahead
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  Speaker 1: with emergency repairs to a cooling system at Boulder Hill
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  Speaker 1: Elementary School that is not working. Two chiller compressors at
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  Speaker 1: the school have given out and require immediate replacement, District
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and eight Operations Director Andre Scoonci told school
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  Speaker 1: board members at a special meeting on July twenty first,
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  Speaker 1: board members unanimously voted to purchase two rebuilt replacement compressors
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  Speaker 1: through Bullock Logan and Associates at a cost of one
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  Speaker 1: hundred five thousand, six hundred sixty eight dollars. Also voted
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  Speaker 1: unanimously to approve a twelve thousand, one hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 1: nine dollars and seventy three's contract with Johnson Controls to
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  Speaker 1: install the two rebuilt compressors. The project carries a one
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  Speaker 1: hundred seventeen thousand, eight hundred and thirty seven dollars and
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  Speaker 1: seventy three cents price tag. It will be funded through
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  Speaker 1: the district's Operations and Maintenance fund. We need to get
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  Speaker 1: this fixed or we will not be able to have
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  Speaker 1: school on the first day of school about a month
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  Speaker 1: from now, District three hundred and eight chief financial Officer
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  Speaker 1: and chief school business Official Rafael Obovmi told school board members.
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  Speaker 1: Staff members returned to the school on August third, and
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  Speaker 1: school is back in session for students on August twentieth.
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  Speaker 1: The work is set to be done by the end
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  Speaker 1: of July. The compressors were originally installed in twenty thirteen
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  Speaker 1: and have reached the end of their service life. Scuonci
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  Speaker 1: said recent monitoring of indoor temperature has demonstrated the impact
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  Speaker 1: of the failing equipment. He told school board members the
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  Speaker 1: district anticipates that during peak summer conditions, indoor temperatures could
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  Speaker 1: exceed ninety degrees. These conditions would create an unacceptable learning
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  Speaker 1: environment and post significant health, safety and comfort concerns for
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  Speaker 1: both students and staff. Officials said the equipment had been
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  Speaker 1: identified through a recent district wide facility audit as nearing
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  Speaker 1: the end of its useful life, with fewer than three
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  Speaker 1: years of service remaining. This situation underscores the value of
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  Speaker 1: the district's facility audit, part of the Long Range Facility Plan,
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  Speaker 1: which was completed to quantify the scope of aging mechanical
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  Speaker 1: systems across all twenty two district buildings. Officials said that
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  Speaker 1: assessment gives the district a clear strict wide picture of
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  Speaker 1: which systems are approaching end of life, allowing leadership to
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  Speaker 1: plan ahead where possible and respond quickly when necessary, as
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  Speaker 1: is the case at Boulder Hill, The district has said.
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  Speaker 1: The school district serves portions of Kendall, Will and Kane Counties,