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Board hears CIP update: middle school on track; Oak Lawn and Walker both under consideration for early learning center
Summary
City capital development staff reported the middle school construction is complete and on schedule and discussed moving the proposed early childhood learning center from Walker to Oak Lawn pending legal and historical review. Staff reiterated the opening timeline (about three years) and cited project cost estimates including a $650,000 playground and $1.4 million Trailblazer improvements.
City capital development and school staff updated the board on a range of capital-improvement projects, from the middle-school construction to the early childhood learning center site decision and multiple priority improvements across the division.
Stuart Harding (capital development) said the middle-school project is progressing well: “The first major building is complete and occupied… it’s on schedule and on budget,” and the renovation work will finish this summer so the building can be fully occupied in the next school year. Board members asked whether the middle-school delivery would remain on budget and staff said they…
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