Salina school board approves $753,000 in parking lot and track repaving at South Middle and Lakewood Middle

The Salina USD 305 Board of Education on Tuesday approved four encumbrances totaling $753,264.68 with Sunland Asphalt to mill and repave parking lots and tracks at South Middle School and Lakewood Middle School.

The work, approved 7-0 as part of the consent agenda, includes:

Milling, repaving and striping of the entire South Middle School parking lot, $405,111.30, including an $80,000 contingency.

Milling and repaving of the South Middle School track, $115,106.82, including a $30,000 contingency.

Milling, repaving and striping of the front drive lane of the Lakewood Middle School parking lot, $116,459.42, including a $30,000 contingency.

Milling and repaving of the Lakewood Middle School track, $116,587.14, including a $30,000 contingency.

According to the agenda packet, the contingencies cover full-depth repairs where 95% compaction cannot be reached, and cores were drilled at several spots in the parking lots to estimate how much full-depth replacement may be needed. Doing each track at the same time as the school's parking lot saves significantly on mobilization fees. The projects are part of the board-approved Capital Improvement Plan, are paid for from the district's paving set-asides and are purchased through the 1 Government Procurement Alliance cooperative contract.

The same consent vote approved $31,650 to Jones Gillam Renz Architects for schematic design and engineering of a concessions, restrooms and locker room facility at the South High School football and soccer fields, and $33,894.66 to Metro Elevator to replace and test the main and emergency brake assemblies on an elevator at South High.

The board also accepted a $45,964 gift from the South High School Booster Club for a videoboard to be installed in the South High main gym, approved an application for a $15,200 Education for Homeless Children and Youth Supplemental Grant from the Kansas State Department of Education, which requires no local match, and approved a South High softball fundraiser selling dinner tickets from Feb. 1 through March 7, 2027.