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Griswold School Board to seek bids for design cost estimates

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October 20th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Facilities Committee of the Griswold Community School District met with the Griswold School Board Monday night. Griswold Superintendent David Henrichs said the Committee wanted some guidance or direction from the Board with regard to moving forward on their options.

He said in general terms the committee feels it has enough information and has used the information on-hand to formalize a recommendation of one of the three options. Those options include – Consolidate all operations into one facility in Griswold; Eliminate the Elementary Building in Lewis or Elliott; or, consolidate operations and shift some kids around.”

Henrichs said part of the original charge from the School Board was to analyze the savings as well as any additional costs incurred by the district. Without having firm numbers though, the Committee can’t accomplish the second part of their job. They asked the Board if the Committee should try and put those numbers together, or would it be better to hire a firm to crunch the numbers.

The Board wanted to take a step back and look into getting someone for the task. In the meantime, Henrichs, the School Board and District as a whole will start looking into options to establish terms for an RFP [Request for Proposal] to obtain bids to do the design plan cost estimates for another building in the District.”

The Facilities Committee will continue to meet. Their next session will be held 5-p.m. Monday, Oct. 24th, at the Middle School/High School Building Library.