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Bowling Green modular "villas" finished in 93 days; county, school officials say cost exceeded appropriation and division absorbed difference
Summary
Caroline County Public Schools officials said modular classroom "villas" at Bowling Green Elementary were delivered, inspected and occupied in 93 calendar days, but that the final price tag—about $1.093 million—exceeded the $994,607 appropriated reversion funds and the division covered the difference.
Caroline County Public Schools told the school board on Sept. 8 that modular learning cottages at Bowling Green Elementary were delivered, installed and occupied in a 93-calendar-day timeline, and that the division used county reversion funds plus additional division funds to complete the project.
Chris Caldwell, who presented the final update, said the modular units were ordered in early June, delivered July 30, and received certificates of occupancy on Aug. 26; teachers moved in Aug. 28 and students began using the units after Labor Day. "This project goes into the books as being completed in 93 calendar days from funding to move in," Caldwell said.
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