By MATT LINDSEY

PARISHVILLE – Parishville-Hopkinton Central School is looking to address several needs at the school through a tentative $2.3 million capital project.

The project would provide improvements to its sports fields, gymnasium, locker rooms, auditorium, playground and also provide energy upgrades.

“We are going to get something out to the public soon,” Superintendent Wayne Walbridge said.

The school participated in a building condition survey in 2015 and identified several areas that are “in dire need to be addressed,” he said.

Walbridge said state aide would likely fund 82 percent of the project and that the school does have money in the capital reserve fund that it could tap into.

“It’s still early on and I do not know exact plans for funding it,” Walbridge said. “But, a large portion would be paid for by state aide.”

He noted that recent budgets for the school have been tough and derailed plans for a capital project.

“The community knows there is work that needs to be done,” Walbridge said.

“A major chunk would go toward replacing locker rooms for male and female students,” he said. “Staff told me that nothing has been done since 1968 so it is fairly antiquated.”

Improvements to the auditorium would include electrical, sound, lighting and equipment upgrades, he said.

Another huge chunk of the funding would address the school’s athletic fields.

Walbridge said there are drainage issues with the soccer fields that create pools of water in front of the soccer goals during heavy rain.

The school would look to realize energy savings through window and door replacements as well.

Walbridge said the school is working with Siemens, based in Syracuse, to provide an energy performance contract that would address savings related to heating, lighting and doors. “The whole nine yards,” he said.

Other work proposed would be asbestos removal, carpet replacement, phone system replacement, a playground upgrade and replacing flooring the two gyms.

Walbridge said the planning could take six to seven months and that a capital project vote is expected in the fall.