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Southington committee: debt cap likely forces phased school projects, may require special meeting
Summary
District facilities committee reported that doing two school projects at once would exceed the town's 9.5% debt-service policy; committee recommends proceeding with a Kelly Elementary project plus a South End build-out, and flagged tight state grant and referendum timelines.
Southington School District officials told the Board of Education that building two elementary schools at the same time would exceed a town debt-service policy and that the district should consider a phased approach.
The district's district-wide facilities committee reported its analysis to the board on Jan. 23. The committee said building both a new Darnoski School and a new Kelly Elementary School simultaneously could save about $7 million in escalation costs, but the combined debt would push the town past its 9.5% debt-service limit.
The committee walked the board through alternative scenarios intended to keep the district inside that 9.5% cap. One option the committee said would fit the policy is constructing a larger Kelly Elementary School in 2025 while doing a…
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