By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays school district is changing its plans for heating and air conditioning work.
The district had planned on multi-phase HVAC work at Hays High School. The first phase of that work was completed this summer.
However, since a bond issue passed in May, the district will be renovating the existing Hays High School building into a middle school.
Superintendent Ron Wilson said some walls may be moved as part of that renovation, so district officials would like to postpone further work on the high school building until design work is finished on a renovation project.
He said officials did not want to complete HVAC work that might have to be ripped out later during the renovation.
Instead, district officials are proposing HVAC work at Wilson Elementary School. Wilson will be open for several more years but will be closed as an elementary school as part of the bond restructuring.
However, district officials have discussed moving other district services to that building and closing Rockwell Administration Center.
District officials plan to bid the Wilson HVAC work through the state cooperative pricing program and bring the bid back to the school board at its next meeting in October.
HMS iPads
Hays Middle School students will receive new iPads this week. The district ordered about 800 new devices for students this fall.
The district has applied for a grant to pay for all or a portion of the devices. It is still waiting to hear back about that grant award.
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