Newport Daily News
NEWPORT Escalating construction prices in the pandemic era are putting a damper on the city’s plans for a new high school and an eight-classroom addition to the elementary school.
The first indication of the seriousness of the problem came this week when the estimated construction costs for the Pell Elementary School addition came in much higher than expected. Those costs were compiled by Behan Bros of Middletown, the designated general contractor for the job.
“It seems to have gotten worse although the pandemic is winding down,” said School Committee member Rebecca Bolan, who is co-chairwoman of the 22-member School Building Committee that includes city officials and members of the community.
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ELKINS A new era will begin this fall for Elkins High School’s football program, as the school’s football facility will no longer be historic Wimer Stadium.
The Randolph County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to approve a resolution enabling the county school system to enter into a lease purchase agreement with Citizens Bank of West Virginia.
According to documentation provided by county officials, the loan will provide funding for new bleachers to be built for EHS athletic programs, including football, baseball and band. As part of the bleacher project, county officials will be relocating the home of EHS football from Wimer Stadium to Elkins High School’s current location at Kennedy Drive off the Beverly Pike Five-lane.
LOGAN — Board of education members and school officials from several counties came to Logan County on Thursday, April 29, for a regional meeting of the West Virginia School Board
Chicopee considers moving school staff from administration building, citing $300,000 cost to install ventilation system
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CHICOPEE – The city is planning to start searching for space to lease for school administration offices, saying it is time to move out of the Helen O’Connell building, which needs extensive repairs and does not meet the needs of the School Department.
Mayor John L. Vieau, who serves as chairman of the School Committee, proposed advertising for space in the hopes of finding an office building or other alternative with a minimum of 20,000 square feet that can house school support staff.