Seekonk Schools Will Request Repair Funds

Seekonk School officials will be placing requests for repair funds on the Fall Town Meeting warrant.

Superintendent Rebecca Kidwell said the money would be used to “stave off a potential catastrophic heating failure” at Hurley Middle School.

The building’s heating system has been in constant need of repair.

Last September, a consultant for Colliers identified $15 million worth of needs for Hurley, including an HVAC system, roof replacement, and upgrade of the electrical service and distribution panels.

Kidwell said in addition to using school personnel to fix Hurley’s pipes, there have been calls made to 12 outside contractors to address the building’s heating problems.

“We are just patching and patching and patching and eventually you get to the point where the pipes won’t hold together because they’re all patches,” Kidwell noted at the February 5 meeting.

The other expenditure is for the cleanup costs for storm damage to the courtyard at Seekonk High School last June.

The school committee will discuss the funding requests with the Select Board, Finance Committee, and Capital Improvements Committee at a Quad Board meeting on October 9.