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Walpole committee approves locker change order and new desks after sixth-grade enrollment rise
Summary
The Walpole School Building Committee approved a not-to-exceed $40,000 change order to add lockers across the middle school and separately approved 20 student desks and chairs after the district reported higher-than-expected sixth-grade enrollment.
The Walpole School Building Committee on May 6 approved a not-to-exceed $40,000 change order to add 84 student lockers across the new middle school and separately approved 20 student desks and chairs, responding to a larger-than-expected incoming sixth-grade class.
Committee members voted unanimously to permit the locker purchase and installation, and separately approved $7,210.50 for 20 student desks and chairs, after district staff said current locker counts would not accommodate next year’s sixth graders.
District staff and project team members said the school was designed around 905 students and 908 lockers but that new…
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