Wrangell’s three school campuses could see major repairs by the 2026–2027 school year under a renovation plan that advanced Oct. 28.

The borough assembly approved a $797,192 contract with Anchorage-based LCG Lantech for architectural and engineering design for major repairs and upgrades at the school buildings totaling an estimated $10.5 million.

“These projects have been a long time coming,” Capital Projects Director Amber Al-Haddad said. “I believe the last time any serious renovation work was done at the high school was in 2008. That was when the sloped metal roof was installed.”

The work will include new roofs at Evergreen Elementary and Stikine Middle School and roof repairs at the high school.

All three campuses will get new digital systems to replace old pneumatic temperature controls, Al-Haddad said.

The high school also will see large sections of siding replaced, and two exterior windows in the commons area will be replaced.

Evergreen Elementary will have windows and doors re-sealed, its exterior repainted and several rotting foundation beams replaced, she said.

A separate, standalone project will handle heating upgrades at the middle school. AMC Engineers is designing the replacement of an oil-fired boiler, two pumps and an air separator.

Construction for the boiler work will be bid and managed outside the initial package.

“We were hoping to replace the boiler during the fall months, but it was decided to wait until next spring,” Al-Haddad said. “We didn’t want to risk something going wrong during the winter and not having the boiler in place and functioning.”

Design work under the contract with LCG Lantech is set for completion by Feb. 13, 2026, with the borough going out for construction bids in March.

Al-Haddad said the goal is to complete construction in the fall of 2026.

The total program is estimated at about $10.5 million. Of that, $6.5 million will come from a state grant appropriated by the Legislature last year.

The borough will provide $3.5 million raised through general obligation bonds approved by voters in 2022. The borough had held off on the work after the 2022 voter approval, waiting for the state funds to come through.