BEDFORD — The Bedford County School Board discussed its capital improvement plan priorities in a Thursday meeting, and approved both textbook adoption and the submission of a career and technical education grant application.Projects were identified through steps such as facility and needs assessments of schools, school safety inspections, and consultation with engineers and architects.District 5 school board representative Georgia Hairston, who serves on the facilities committee for the division, said she wanted to “strongly reconsider” the proposed painting of Forest Middle School, representing about $180,000, in favor of prioritizing the pressing need to replace Huddleston Elementary School’s floor tiles, estimated to cost almost $165,000.Documentation indicated part of the Huddleston Elementary School tile replacement was for asbestos abatement.“I have…