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So many schools with air conditioning needs

Wharton High School in New Tampa needs an air conditioning overhaul that will cost  $21.2 million. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
Wharton High School in New Tampa needs an air conditioning overhaul that will cost $21.2 million. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
Published Aug. 7, 2018|Updated Aug. 7, 2018

The Hillsborough County School District on Monday released a detailed list of air conditioning needs that, to a large degree, do not have state funding. Many of these needs appear on the five-year capital improvement plan as well. District leaders say the 47 cents per student they are receiving in new money will not even make a dent.

Air conditioning projects 2018-19 (total $95.8 million)

Potter Elementary, Tampa
Cafeteria air conditioner — $622,000

Walden Lake Elementary, Plant City
Complete replacement excluding one wing — $9.7 million

Colson Elementary, Seffner
Complete replacement excluding one wing and chiller plant — $5.6 million

Folsom Elementary, Thonotosassa
Airside and controls — $5.4 million

Lithia Springs Elementary, Valrico
Airside and controls — $5.8 million

Lowry Elementary, Tampa
Airside and controls — $7 million

Knights Elementary, Plant City
Complete replacement — $7.1 million

Schwarzkopf Elementary, Lutz
Airside and controls — $5.5 million

Dickenson Elementary, Tampa
Complete replacement — $5.6 million

Durant High, Plant City
Airside and small chillers — $17.8 million

Burnett Middle, Seffner
Complete replacement — $10.5 million

Lincoln Elementary, Plant City
Complete replacement — $4.6 million

Benito Middle, New Tampa
Complete replacement — $10.6 million
Air conditioning projects 2019-20 (total $138.6 million)

Blake High, West Tampa
Airside and chillers — $15.6 million

Dunbar Elementary, West Tampa
Complete replacement — $3.2 million

Sickles High, Citrus Park
Airside and chiller plant — $18.5 million

Walker Middle, Odessa
Airside, chiller plant and controls — $10.2 million

Wharton High, New Tampa
Airside chillers and controls — $21.2 million

Clark Elementary, New Tampa
Airside, chillers and controls — $7.1 million

Riverview High
Chiller plant, airside and controls — $17.8 million

Rodgers Middle, Riverview
Two chillers, airside and controls — $9.6 million\

Valrico Elementary
Complete replacement — $8.2 million

Adams Middle, North Tampa
Complete replacement — $11 million

Lavoy ESE
Complete replacement — $3.6 million

Pizzo Elementary, USF
Complete replacement — $6.2 million

Robinson Elementary, Plant City
Complete replacement — $6.4 million
Air conditioning projects for 2020-21 (total $108.8 million)

Westchase Elementary
Complete replacement — $8.4 million

Young Middle, East Tampa
Selected buildings — $7.5 million

Bevis Elementary, Lithia
Complete replacement — $6.6 million

Gibsonton Elementary
Complete replacement — $6.4 million

Dr. Carter G. Woodson K-8, North Tampa
Complete replacement — $14.8 million

Memorial Middle, Seminole Heights
Airside and controls — $8.7 million

Pierce Middle, Town 'N Country
Complete replacement — $9.2 million

Pride Elementary, New Tampa
Complete replacement — $6.4 million

Rampello K-8, Downtown Tampa
Airside and controls — $7.9 million

Randall Middle, Lithia
Complete replacement — $9.3 million

Robinson High, South Tampa
Complete replacement — $16.6 million

Sulphur Springs K-8
Selected buildings — $6.9 million

Source: Hillsborough County School District