Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy
Minutes
Monthly FAST Committee
Date and Time
Thursday September 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Committee Members Present
A. Hall, E. Alvarez
Committee Members Absent
X. Dong
Guests Present
J. Cuneo
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. FAST Committee
A.
Fencing - Install
B.
HVAC Issues
At this point, everything is in working order.
Jessica to work with Paul to determine the life span of the units and the operational costs for maintenance versus a complete replacement. (Current estimate is $10k/year for maintenance.)
Are there any alternative systems? Smaller units that relieve pressure on current unit. Or multiple new units installed versus replacing one larger unit.
C.
Various other building updates
PA System- $120k quote for full system is expensive.
We do have speakers throughout the building, but many are broken.
**Ask Paige if she has any info on these.
**Enrique to reach out to AV contact about repair/replacement.
Elevator needs to be replaced to comply with codes. +/- $2500
Landscaper to clean up "front yard". +/- $2500
**Paul to see if there is an arborist or tree company that can assess trees. Quote to remove any dead limbs?
New ramp/steps to bus lot.
**It's not our property, so we should do something that is not permanent.
On west side of building, landing needs to be enlarged to allow for proper flow during emergency exits. Railing will probably be needed b/c of the drop off.
Busses- Olympic transportation is doing well so far. Jessica is finalizing the sale of the busses.
Looking for a janitor for 1-2 days or see if cleaning company will be open to having a janitor there during the day which would potentially alleviate some pressure/time off of their evening work.
D.
Goals for upcoming year
Next steps will be for Jessica and team to identify the main needs of the school so that we can see what needs to be done to the building to help relieve some pressure to other spaces.
Some initial comments:
- enclose gym in some capacity (sound and containment)
- use PTO classroom in a different capacity (very noisy next to gym)
Install progressing.
Alison to ask Tim about the access control and ensure that we have the maintenance gate along the road.