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Hayden — Hayden School Board members will hear two bids tonight that could determine the fate of the middle school gymnasium.

The gym was closed for the 2009-10 school year after an engineering study indicated it needed repairs that the district said it couldn't afford, Superintendent Greg Rockhold said Tuesday.

At the last meeting in August, board member Kurt Frentress requested that Rockhold solicit bids to repair and demolish the 62-year-old gym at Hayden Middle School.

The engineering study recommended reinforcing the gym with a steel frame, reinforcing the deteriorating south masonry wall with concrete pillars, replacing doors and windows and shoring up the foundation. Rockhold said an initial estimate put those costs at between $20,000 and $30,000, which the district doesn't have.

Rockhold said he will present two bids to board members during his superintendent's report tonight.

His report also will include information about the district's first week of school, which included smooth operations by school buses and installation of the new elementary school fire alarm.

The district adopted new bus stops and routes to reduce wear and tear on vehicles. The fire alarm system - a $30,000 expenditure that required an emergency, successful $20,000 grant request to the Colorado Department of Education - was mandated by the state fire marshal.

The School Board will be asked to approve capital expenditures, accept resignations of classified staff, accept the resignation of the outgoing Hayden Valley Elementary School student council sponsor and hire a new one, and approve the school year's updated substitute teacher list.

Board members also will hear a report about Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services from President Brian Hoza.