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Board pulls facilities items after trustees raise questions about change orders and missing documentation
Summary
Trustees removed two facilities items from the consent agenda and asked administration for documentation after identifying nearly $400,000 in project overages, including a $52,000 change order for a roof material switch and increases for the Bayville Intermediate turf project.
Trustee Lauren (Board of Education) objected to several facilities change orders included in the consent agenda, saying the board had received a package late and had not been provided contract bids or line‑by‑line documentation for recent scope changes that together added “almost $400,000” in overages to approved projects.
Lauren noted the approved 2024‑25 transfer to capital included $900,000 for a slate roof, and that a change order for a synthetic roofing material of $52,000 would put…
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