Priority Maintenance
The 2018 Bond Package included priority maintenance projects that would provide needed renovations and repairs at nearly all the district's facilities. By including these projects – totaling nearly $14.86 million – a similar amount of money would be freed up over the coming years in the district's Maintenance & Operations budget.
Many of these priority maintenance projects would replace or upgrade existing HVAC systems. Other projects included needed upgrades to aging water systems supplying campuses, such as Thomas J. Rusk Elementary and Raguet Elementary.
A number of these projects were completed during Summer 2019 and more projects were wrapped up in Summer 2020, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
See below for a list of projects that have been finished as well as jobs still to be completed.
These Priority Maintenance Projects have been completed: Thomas J. Rusk Elementary, Raguet Elementary and the Nacogdoches High School Field House. Nacogdoches High School, Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary and Mike Moses Middle School.
These projects will be completed during the summer of 2023: Installation of a new chiller at NHS, demolition of the Martin Center (located behind Thomas J. Rusk Elementary).
These projects will be completed by the end of 2023: Demolition of the old Carpenter Elementary School on Leroy Street.
February 28, 2020
A number of priority maintenance projects were also funded by the 2018 bond. Next month, while NISD students and staff are on spring break, asbestos abatement at Thomas J. Rusk Elementary will take place ahead of the planned replacement of the building’s HVAC system that will take place this summer.
Other priority maintenance projects funded by the fund and already completed include:
•Replacement of HVAC units for classrooms at Mike Moses Middle School.
•Replacement of all HVAC units and water supply manifold at Raguet Elementary.
•Installation of new sound and lighting systems in the auditorium at Thomas J. Rusk Elementary and replumbing of kitchen and main water lines into the building.
NISD summer projects include bond-related construction
July 25, 2019
It’s been a busy summer for Nacogdoches ISD plant services and facility department.
In addition to the normal projects that take place while classes are out, the department is also overseeing completion of a number of priority maintenance projects that are part of the $77.9 million bond proposal approved by voters.
Priority maintenance projects associated with the bond and underway in the district include replacement of heating and air conditioning units at some campuses, relocation and set-up of temporary facilities for the transportation department and installation of new lighting and sound systems for the Thomas J. Rusk Elementary auditorium.
Mike Moses Middle School
Priority maintenance projects funded by bond: Replacement of final HVAC units for classrooms.
Raguet
Priority maintenance projects funded by bond: Replacement of all HVAC units and replacement of water supply manifold.
Transportation Department
Priority maintenance projects funded by bond: Relocation and set-up of portable buildings for transportation ahead of renovation and expansion of existing facility.
Thomas J. Rusk Elementary
Priority maintenance projects funded by bond: Installation of new sound and lighting systems in campus auditorium. Also, replumbing of kitchen and main water lines into building.