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Rockingham County Schools wins $42M grant; board moves to hire a project manager and issue design–build RFQs
Summary
Rockingham County Schools announced a $42 million needs-based grant for a new Reidsville Elementary School and the district moved to issue RFQs for a project manager and design–build teams, with a 5% county match ($2.1 million) and an expedited timeline for submissions.
Rockingham County Schools told the Rockingham County Board and its own Board of Education that the district had been awarded a $42,000,000 needs-based school construction grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for a new Reidsville Elementary School.
Superintendent Dr. John Stover and district staff described the grant as the maximum award for an elementary-school project; district staff and county commissioners confirmed the county would provide a 5% local match ($2,100,000), bringing the project total discussed in meeting remarks to $44,100,000. The district said the current Moss Street site would be repurposed as a pre-K and alternative-school site as…
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