Board awards $194,026 bid for Riverdale Middle repurposing project to Grinder Tabor Grinder Inc.

The Germantown Municipal School District board approved GMSD bid FY2025-004 May 19, awarding $194,026 to Grinder Tabor Grinder Inc. for a Riverdale Middle School construction project intended to repurpose existing space for student interventions and expanded special education preschool programs.

Board Member Jerry Ellis moved to award the bid and Vice Chair Strain seconded. The motion passed on a unanimous roll call. In discussion staff and board members said the work will repurpose underused or substandard spaces — including former locker or curtain-divided areas — into dedicated rooms for interventions, counseling and special education services.

A district staff member identified as Mr. Bonds (present at the meeting) explained the project addresses spaces that were not originally designed for the district's modern program needs, citing expansion of preschool special education and other interventions that require appropriate meeting and instructional rooms. Board members described the project as a necessary repurposing to better match the facility to current programmatic requirements.

The motion lists the award amount as $194,026 and names Grinder Tabor Grinder Inc. as the selected contractor. The meeting record did not specify a construction start date, the exact rooms to be modified, nor a project completion timeline; those details will be determined by facilities staff under the district's capital improvements process.

The board noted the project is part of ongoing capital improvements and that further work at Riverdale is under consideration in future planning. The vote authorizes district staff to proceed with contract execution under the terms of the awarded bid.