TYRONE — School officials at the Tyrone Area School District plan to submit applications for Public School Facility Improvement grants from the Commonwealth Financing Authority for high school roof renovations and elementary school boiler and chiller replacements.

During the school board of directors’ work session meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Leslie Estep said the district is required to submit separate grant applications for each building.

Business administrator Faith Swanson said the elementary school’s boilers ideally need to be replaced this summer. But awards for the grant won’t be made until this fall and no expenditures can be made before then if the district is rewarded money for the boilers, she said, noting the grants require a 25% match.

The high school roof would be more of a refurbishment project than a replacement, Swanson said.

Swanson said officials evaluated the roof last spring and estimated they could get another three years out of it before having to talk about a full replacement of the rubber roof.

Officials would rather add a top coating to the roof and are hopeful they can secure a grant for the project, Swanson said.

Several roof projects were funded through last year’s grant cycle, she said, adding the district reached out to state Sen. Judy Ward and state Rep. Scott Barger for letters of support.

Bids for the roof project will open next Tuesday afternoon, Swanson said. The grant amount was not listed on the work session’s agenda but will be available for the board to review during next Tuesday’s regular session, she said.

In order to apply for the grants, Estep said the district is required to have a board-approved resolution, which Swanson said would commit the district to paying the 25% match and the $100 application fee.

In other business, Romulus Comly, director of Boyer and Ritter of State College, presented the board with an audit report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

Everything went well with the audit, Comly said, noting they didn’t have any findings.

Boyer and Ritter’s opinion is that the district is in line with their compliance requirements, Comly said.

Swanson thanked Comly for the work his team did in preparing the audit.

The full 94-page audit is available on the district’s website via BoardDocs, where board meeting agendas can be viewed online.

Mirror Staff Writer Matt Churella is at 814-946-7520.