Washington Elementary and Mount Vernon Middle School will upgrade their lights and ballasts to LED this summer.

Sitler Electric was the low bidder for the project, with an $84,057 bid for the entire project. The project had been budgeted for roughly $90,000 this year and paid for by SAVE monies.

Work will begin on the lighting upgrades this summer after students are out of school, and need to be completed by August when students return.

Washington Elementary’s cost for the project was $27,255.

Chris Noll, building and grounds director, said with being LED lights, there are controls that would allow lights to be brighter or not as bright for sensory friendly spaces for students.

Mount Vernon Middle School’s bid was for $56,802. Noll said some of the larger areas of the building were completed in the upgrades to the middle school, this was updating the lighting in the rest of the district.