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Duplin leaders back $124.5 million high‑school renovation plan, authorize grant applications
Summary
Duplin County commissioners unanimously authorized the school board to apply for state capital grants to support a $124,535,396 plan to renovate and add space at four traditional high‑school campuses. Architects presented site-by-site concepts and cost projections; officials stressed the proposal depends on grant awards and a small local match.
The Duplin County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to allow the Duplin County school board to pursue state capital grants for a $124,535,396 renovation-and-addition plan covering four traditional high schools, after an architect presented concept drawings and high-level cost projections.
Jimmy Hyde, the project's architect, walked commissioners and school-board members through site plans and cost estimates, telling the meeting: "The total projection for this site is approximately $35,000,000" and later summarizing the four-site total as "$124,535,396." Hyde cautioned those figures are projections, not bids, and said final costs will depend on design development and contractor bids.
The proposal would pair new construction and renovations at each campus — the architect said roughly two-thirds of the projected costs reflect new construction and about one-third are renovation work — and would include security…
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