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Board approves $4.57 million demolition GMP for McEachern High home grandstand

Cobb County Board of Education · March 19, 2026
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Summary

The Cobb County school board approved Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) No.1 of $4,566,437 to demolish the McEachern High home grandstand after engineers deemed the structure unsafe; the demolition is SPLOST 6-funded and is limited to removal and enabling work, with a later GMP expected for reconstruction.

The Cobb County Board of Education on March 19 approved a guaranteed maximum price of $4,566,437 to demolish the home grandstand at McEachern High School after engineers determined the structure was unsafe and unusable.

Superintendent (speaking as the board’s lead administrator) said the architect’s structural survey found the home stands could not be repaired and that the district must remove the stands to protect public safety. "They were deemed to be dangerous and unusable," the…

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