New state rules will drive the roof project costs up nearly $2 million.
The cost of a new roof for the Kennedy Middle School has risen from $1.5 million to $3.5 million because new state rules apply, David Dunkley, the city’s school building facilities director, told the School Committee Tuesday night. The state School Building Authority, which will cover just over half the cost of “green” roof repairs, is requiring the city to meet the state building code for insulation, Dunkley told the committee, which also reviewed Dunkley’s budget. Doubling the insulation means other building parts, such as windows and flashing, will have to be addressed, he said. The state school building authority rules will make the project better, Dunkley said. In addition, the state building code has just changed, requiring projects …
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Also, updates on school construction projects and Special Education iPod initiative.
With the elementary school redistricting committee meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15, Supt. Mark Donovan made the presentation to the School Committee this past Thursday night. Donovan has already made redistricting presentations at four elementary schools. The working draft of the redistricting plan calls for all students who would otherwise attend the Goodyear School, but are currently at the Clapp School, to go to the new Goodyear when it opens, along with 100 Clapp School students. Sixty-three Clapp School students would go to the Malcolm White Elementary School. The Clapp School will close as a public school at the end of this school year; the new Goodyear is expected to be completed this summer. Donovan said he had not received a…
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