School work’s price tag causes pause

Deferred maintenance needs Listed below is each High Point-area school’s allocation in the list of proposed defer maintenance spending and the general description of that school’s deferred maintenance needs from the Guilford County Schools’ bond projects website: All middle and high schools are scheduled to get school entry security upgrades, and across all of GCS there will be sidewalk improvements, technology improvements and HVAC control upgrades. Allen Jay Prep, $148,00, no projects not covered above Sylvia Mendez Newcomers, $394,000, no projects not covered above Andrews High School, $3.3 million, HVAC replacement Fairview Elementary, $157,000, interior door locks, HVAC replacement Ferndale Middle, $13.2 million, audio-video learning aids High Point Central, $688,000, athletic improvements Jamestown Elementary, $1.8 million, general construction, general construction, infrastructure upgrades Jamestown Middle, $440,000, athletic improvements, interior door locks Johnson Street Global, $2.9 million, HVAC replacement, infrastructure upgrades Kirkman Park Elementary, $1.1 million, interior door locks, infrastructure upgrades Montlieu Academy, $786,000, interior door lock replacements Oak View Elementary, $392,000, interior door lock replacements, infrastructure upgrades Parkview Village Elementary, $752,000, interior door locks, infrastructure upgrades Penn-Griffin School for the Arts, $1.2 million, school entry security upgrades, general construction Ragsdale High School, $3.5 million, paving upgrades Southwest Guilford Elementary, $943,000, interior door locks, HVAC replacement Southwest Guilford Middle, $928,000, HVAC replacement, fire alarm system replacement, roof replacement Southwest Guilford High, $777,000, fire alarm system replacement, athletic improvements Triangle Lake Montessori, $363,000, interior door locks, infrastructure upgrades Union Hill Elementary, $355,000, interior door locks, fire alarm replacement Welborn Middle/Kearns Academy, $6.9 million, interior door lock replacements

GUILFORD COUNTY — The next proposed package of Guilford County Schools projects, nearly $238 million of long-deferred major maintenance projects, appeared to give some members of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners a case of sticker shock on Wednesday.