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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2011 ATM
<br /> Schools
<br /> Overview
<br /> The Lexington Public Schools provide educational, athletic, and club activities for 6,340 students in
<br /> grades K-12. Pre-school programs are also offered at the elementary schools. Enrollment figures are
<br /> those as of October 1 St as required by the State's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for
<br /> each academic year. For October 1,2010, in the six elementary schools there were 2,830 students, in the
<br /> two middle schools the total was 1,515, and the high-school number was 1,995.
<br /> In addition to the six elementary-school buildings, and two middle-school buildings, the high school is a
<br /> complex of four, free-standing, academic buildings and a field house. Central Office ("Administration")
<br /> personnel and services are located in what had been the old Harrington School. These fourteen buildings
<br /> are overseen by the DPF.
<br /> School Technology Program
<br /> There is a long-term plan to upgrade technology throughout the schools by replacing the oldest
<br /> computers, peripherals, projection systems, network-delivery systems, and other associated hardware and
<br /> software. This year's request continues the annual requests in support of that plan. (See Article 12(a))
<br /> Equipment
<br /> Food-service operations in all schools serve hot and cold meals to thousands of students each school day.
<br /> It is essential to purchase and maintain equipment for preparing and maintaining cooked items and that
<br /> provides for safe distribution. The food-service operations are contracted to a private vendor, but the
<br /> purchase of equipment is the responsibility of the school system. (See Article 12(b))
<br /> Furnishings in buildings that are not new or renovated are updated on a revolving basis as part of an
<br /> annual request. (See Article 12(c))
<br /> School 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Funding Sources)
<br /> Program FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
<br /> Technology $400,000 $400,000 $600,000 $600,000 $696,000
<br /> Classroom Furniture $50,000 $25,000 $50,000 $58,571
<br /> Miscellaneous $1,656,000 $230,000
<br /> Pre-K-12 Master Plan $155,000
<br /> Food Service Equipment $55,000 $75,000 $99,500
<br /> Secondary Schools $1,885,000
<br /> Elementary Schools $200,000 $445,000
<br /> Time Clock/Time Reporting System $97,000
<br /> Totals $2,256,000 $3,010,000 $835,000 $725,000 $951,071
<br /> tFY2009 was the first year that Capital Projects for both Municipal and School facilities were submitted
<br /> by the then-new Department of Public Facilities. See the Public Facilities Appropriation History earlier in
<br /> this report for its FY2009 &FY2010 appropriations which includes items for the Municipal& Schools
<br /> facilities.
<br /> Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure (Town-wide)
<br /> That IT infrastructure which supports Municipal and Schools functions includes both physical and
<br /> software elements, and is crucial to the everyday operations of the Town. There are two requests for
<br /> capital upgrades to that infrastructure. (See Articles 10(f), & (g))
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