School Air-Conditioning Plan Gets Tentative OK
The volunteer committee overseeing work to be done with revenue from Los Angeles school repair bonds approved a tentative plan Wednesday that would speed up installation of long-awaited air conditioning in classrooms so work would be completed by the summer of 1999 instead of a year later.
Around the Los Angeles Unified School District, a total of 152 schools would be in line for the “fast-track” repairs under a timetable approved by the Proposition BB Committee that would replace a slower district plan.
Although the plan will not go into effect unless it gets final approval by the Board of Education when the board meets May 18, committee Chairman Steve Soboroff said the vote clears the way for speedy construction.
The committee’s plan would give control of future air conditioning work to PG&E; Energy Services, instead of the 10 district project managers now overseeing the effort, who would continue to supervise those jobs already under way or contracted for.
The district and the company are working out details of a contract they intend to submit for the board’s vote next week. Their bid is expected to be between $153 million and $163 million, a lawyer for the school district said.
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