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Coatesville district details $96.2 million North Brandywine Middle School plan; Act 34 cost set at $57.5 million
Summary
At an Act 34 hearing, district officials presented renderings, a ~138,000-square-foot program and PlanCon-derived costs: $67,509,456 estimated hard construction cost, $96,202,044 total project cost and an advertised Act 34 cost of $57,522,490. Bond financing was recommended and board opened a 30-day public comment period.
Doctor Rybarczyk opened an Act 34 hearing Feb. 24 to present the Coatesville Area School District’s proposal to build a new North Brandywine Middle School and to solicit public comment.
The district’s architect, David Schrader, described a two-story, roughly 138,000-square-foot building that would house sixth through eighth grades in teaming clusters and include a media center, dining space, auditorium and gym. Schrader said floor plans were omitted from public materials for security but that renderings and a site plan were shown to the audience, including a separated parent and bus drop-off and new on-site parking.
Schrader outlined the PlanCon cost…
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