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Board approves $6 million interim for Central Middle School after building committee cites fire‑code and site exposures
Summary
The board unanimously approved a $6,000,000 interim capital appropriation for the Central Middle School project after the building committee described $3.17 million in recent external costs (fire‑suppression redesign, fire alarm work and related items) that depleted contingency and risked on‑time opening.
The Greenwich Board of Education voted unanimously to request a $6 million interim capital appropriation to support the Central Middle School construction project after the building committee described a set of post‑design external costs that have reduced the project's contingency.
Joe Rosetti, chairman of the Central Middle School building committee, told the board the project remains on schedule to open in late August but that recent, externally driven items -- including a fire‑suppression redesign prompted by a low water‑pressure finding and additional fire‑alarm devices required by the local authority having jurisdiction -- have created new cost exposures. Rosetti said the building committee's…
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