A request for proposal to demolish Moore Elementary School may be on the agenda of the Northampton Area School District Board of Education Nov. 10 meeting.

“We’ll put bids for demolition of Moore for the November meeting, only if you guys want,” NASD Director of Operations and Maintenance Jonathan Jenny said to school board facilities committee members at the Oct. 20 meeting.

Committee members Directors Joshua Harris, Ross Makary and Parker Flamisch had agreed by consensus at the facilities meeting Sept. 15 to demolish Moore but did not make a formal recommendation to the school board.

When Jenny said, at the Oct. 20 meeting, he would make the recommendation for a request for bids for the demolition of Moore, none of the three facilities committee members objected.

That’s one of the takeaways from the board of education facilities committee Oct. 20 meeting, held in the Northampton Area High School library conference room.

The facilities committee received an update at the one-hour-and-15-minute meeting on the district’s capital improvement plan from Arif Fazil, senior business development leader, CHA Consulting Inc., consulting engineering firm for NASD.

The plan includes projects in progress for 2026, including the following.

• Moore Elementary School decision to be determined by the school board with the capital plan stating the cost of demolition as $1.973 million

• Erdosy Stadium turf field replacement at a stated cost of $797,750

• NAHS roof and masonry with a cost stated as $3.295 million

The capital plan is defined as a “districtwide plan to identify facility infrastructure and system repairs for upkeep,” Fazil said in his presentation.

The plan “establishes priorities, reflects current conditions” and is a “working document,” it was stated.

Fazil said NASD facilities are “in good condition,” but preservation and upkeep are required, and the remaining project can be addressed in a five-year or 10-year plan.

“When you have an asset of this size, it’s important to maintain it,” Fazil said of NASD buildings and properties. “The remaining capital improvements on your list are amazingly low.”

The grand total in the capital plan for district capital improvements is $24,888,518.

Recommended guidelines and cost allocations are based on a formula derived by the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA), which uses data from the National Center for Education Statistics, part of the United States Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States.

The annual budget allocation for routine maintenance and capital renewal is in the range of 2% to 4% of the aggregate current replacement value.

The APPA formula for NASD is $5,937,506 annually for 1,217,950 square feet, which includes five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and two other facilities.

“What we have always been recommending to the district is $2 million annually,” Fazil said.

“So, if we’re not spending $6 million annually, we’re always behind,” Harris said.

Topics Fazil discussed included logic matrix for assigning priorities, budgeting for capital improvements, capital improvements by school by priority and planning and fiscal realities.

“The matrix is not foolproof, but it gives us some objectivity,” Fazil said. “We’re only talking about buildings. You have sites assets that are huge.”

Discussion items at the meeting, in addition to the capital improvements, included the following.

• Building automation system control upgrade at NAHS: The $23,000 cost for the system that controls heating and air conditioning will be taken from the district maintenance department budget, Jenny said.

• George Wolf Elementary School chiller repairs: The second chiller located on the ground needs to be repaired. The roof chiller was replaced. The cost of replacement is $30,000 to $50,000. The chiller has two coils. One of the coils is not functioning and needs to be replaced. It’s at “half the capacity,” Jenny said of the equipment’s need for repair. A chiller recirculates air for air conditioning.

• Secondary campus speed bumps: “Some of the complaints are people are going too fast,” Jenny said. “We’re looking at adding some speed bumps.”

The location of the speed bumps was recommended by the district’s police department. Pre-manufactured or macadam speed bumps are under consideration. There was no cost estimate.

Agenda items discussed at the meeting included, in addition to Moore Elementary School, the following.

• NAHS auditorium stage: The new curtain for the stage is being produced, Jenny said. He hopes to have it installed during the district holiday vacation break.

• Erdosy Stadium turf replacement: A 15-foot-high safety net for lacrosse games will be placed at the south end of the field to protect attendees at the snack stand and bathrooms. “Northampton” may not be emblazoned in the end zones because of the cost.

• NAHS roof restoration: The project is to include masonry work to repair a leak at the gymnasium.

The board of education will next meets 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in the NAHS auditorium, 1619 Laubach Ave. The school board facilities committee next meets 6 p.m. Nov. 17 in the library conference room at NAHS.