Special Board of Aldermen 03-21-2022 Page 7
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
Yes it is.
Alderman Cathey
And this bond is to get the building in working order but then there will be more long-term costs down the road, or is
this like more than just bare minimum to get it operational where we wouldn’t have to then put more costs into it
almost right away or do you not know?
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
So | was asked the exact same question recently. My view is that we will not have any costs, anything like this for a
very long time. All the major systems are being replaced. The HVAC systems are being replaced. The roof is being
replaced. We’re taking all the asbestos on the floor at least out of the school. The electrical system is being replaced.
The main parts of the school are made out of CMU - concrete masonry units if you don’t know what that means. So
it's a cement type thing and you have two holes. The holes are so you can put grout in it, and rebar, and stuff like
that. So | don’t expect there will be any major cost down the road. | put together a Capital Improvement Program for
the School District and | don’t foresee anything going in there in the next six years at least.
Alderman Cathey
Okay, great. Thank you Mr. Chair. Do we own the first parking lot when you see in the pictures have the cars already
parked in it or do we not own any of those lots?
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
We do not own any of the lots. We just have the two middle lots - easement for those two. The first lot is used by the
— there’s a program right across the street from us - Plus Loft 34.
Alderman Cathey
Is there any possibility of maybe acquiring some of those lots at some point? Not the Loft 34 one but the other two
lots?
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
We can ask. I’ve had that on the back of my mind. In fact, I’ve had my eye on that first lot too but | don’t know how
much flexibility there is.
Chairman Dowd
One of my action items to Shawn is to check alternatives to try to get that first lot.
Alderman Cathey
That would be great because we could have it right there.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you for bring this forward. It sounds like there is some good work to do to make this building in working order
for the students that go there. My question was actually about capacity. So, if we’re putting preschools in now, if our
preschool program grows, or the Brentwood Program grows, do you have enough space in this building to grow into?
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
So | gave you the current number for the preschool. It’s about 80. Next year if we get all this done, it will grow to
about 200 and we feel that there is sufficient space for that. We figured that’s a pretty good number. That number will
stay pretty static. The High School Program, we are planning for it to grow to 30 to 35. So there’s excess capacity
there. Part of what we’re hoping will happen is there are already a couple of kids that come in from outside out District
and pay the District a good amount of money. Again, I’m not the financial guy but we’re hoping that once we get this
