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Highland School roof estimate jumps to $4 million, staff say 50% grant reimbursement applies

Cheshire School District Planning Committee · February 19, 2026
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District staff told the planning committee that a design estimate for the Highland School roof returned at approximately $4 million versus a prior $1.5 million placeholder; staff noted a school construction grant could reimburse roughly 50% of the cost and the contingency shown in the estimate is about $189,000 (≈5%).

Planning committee staff said the Highland School roof replacement, long on the capital plan, was initially budgeted at $1.5 million but a recent design estimate from Petrocelli put the projected cost at about $4,000,000 for the full roof replacement covering roughly 108,000 square feet.

“The $1,500,000 ……

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