Local residents likely will be able to watch a large helicopter busily at work over most Lamesa school buildings at some point during the upcoming summer.
Lamesa school board members voted during their regular meeting Thursday to replace a total of 162 rooftop heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units at the various campuses, administration building and new maintenance building.
Those rooftop units, along with 9 smaller wall units plus networkable Wi-Fibased thermostats, are being purchased from E3 Energy Solutions at a total price of over $2.93 million.
Steven Monkres with E3 Energy Solutions said the project will replace all of the district’s ...