Proposals to build two Knox County middle schools are more than $6 million under the proposed budget.
The
Knox County Purchasing Department has picked Rouse Construction to
develop a new school in the Gibbs community and Denark Construction to
develop one in the Hardin Valley area.
Both firms are Knoxville-based.
The Gibbs school, according to the proposed contract, cannot exceed $23.63 million. The Hardin Valley one cannot exceed $34.8 million, according to its contract.
The
county and school system initially set a $64.5 million budget for the
schools. Officials negotiated that price down to $58.4 million with the
developers, meaning the total costs came in at $6.1 million under
budget.
REST OF STORY.
3 comments:
Oh, puh-leeze. The 800-seat Gibbs facility is expected to be half-empty just a few years after it opens its doors and the 1200-seat HV facility is to be built immediately next door to a school where 1200 empty seats already exist for free. Excuse me for not being impressed with the "savings."
Where did those budgets come from? The numbers I heard were $50mm for the budget. I got my number from a county commissioner.
Your away pal,
Who is the commissioner? The numbers come from the MOU that the commission and BOE approved.
I hope this helps.
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