Highland School roof estimate jumps to $4 million, staff say 50% grant reimbursement applies
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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 … we recently did the design work with Petrocelli for this, to estimate our cost, and it came back at $4,000,000 for the Highland roof,” Emily said. She noted the estimate includes a contingency of about $189,000 (roughly 5 percent).
Committee members responded to the scale of the increase and asked what drove the change. Staff said detailed design work typically refines rough placeholders and that deferred maintenance and changes in scope and materials affect the final cost.
A district staff member reminded the committee that the project may qualify for a school construction grant that could reimburse about 50 percent of eligible costs; the committee discussed how that reimbursement would affect capital planning and timing.
What’s next: the Highland roof estimate will be included in the committee’s capital expenditures plan review next month and presented to the board of education in April for budget planning.