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Board to study replacing leased classroom trailers after member flags nearly $500,000 annual cost
Summary
Board member Dr. Leticia Pantoliano asked the board to examine replacing aging leased classroom trailers that she said cost about $25,000 per month at one school and amount to roughly $435,000–$500,000 in annual lease costs; board members agreed to pursue a feasibility assessment and financial analysis.
Dr. Leticia Pantoliano, a board member, pressed the Cliffside Park School District Board of Education to consider alternatives to long-term leasing of temporary classroom trailers, telling colleagues that the district is spending substantial recurring sums on leased modular space.
"Is that $25,000 a month or 25,000 for the year?" Pantoliano asked when reviewing the agenda. When the chair confirmed the $25,000 figure was monthly, Pantoliano said that translates to about $300,000 a year for the trailers at School 3; she added the board is…
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