New Trier High School is moving forward with plans to issue $15 million in bonds to pay for infrastructure upgrades at its Winnetka and Northfield campuses.
The School Board’s approval of two health and life safety amendments after a Monday public hearing sets the stage for New Trier to conduct a bond sale in the next few months. Board members closed the public hearing without comment after no residents rose to speak.
The bonds are expected to cover the cost to replace aging electrical infrastructure and intercom systems at both of New Trier’s campuses, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning upgrades, and new exterior cameras at its Northfield campus and security upgrades at the Winnetka campus.
Current estimates place the cost of those upgrades at around $16.5 million, p