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Board gives staff go‑ahead to begin architectural and engineering work for culinary lab; caps exploration at $20,000

3279064 · May 13, 2025
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Trustees agreed to start design-phase work to reimagine the high-school culinary lab and set a $20,000 authorization limit for A&E work; administrators described a potential full renovation estimate of about $500,000 pending design.

The USD 453 Board of Education authorized district staff to begin architectural and engineering (A&E) work to explore a reimagined culinary laboratory at the high school and set a $20,000 spending limit for that exploratory phase without returning to the board for a separate vote.

District staff described the culinary lab as previously untouched by recent bond work…

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