Capital Planning Committee scrutinizes Schools' $1.05 million capital wish list
Capital Planning Committee · Meeting of January 22, 2026
CANTON — Capital Planning Committee defers vote on schools' $1.05 million capital budget pending School Committee approval. Chairperson Christopher Deck and four members spent two hours questioning documentation gaps across eight request categories, demanding quotes for a $762,000 Luce roof design-phase project and a $300,000 CHS light control retrofit, and requesting that schools reorganize submissions by asset type rather than building. Committee flagged a $20,000 landscaping request as describing ongoing maintenance rather than capital work, and demanded consolidation of performing arts instrument requests into a single district-wide submission.
No votes were recorded; follow-up hearing scheduled for January 27 with Management Information Systems and Fire Department staff.
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Source: the Capital Planning Committee meeting of January 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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