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RRMM presents six options, $51.5M deferred-maintenance estimate in Page County schools master plan update
Summary
RRMM Architects told the Page County school board the district faces a 15% enrollment decline over the past decade, about $51.5 million in deferred maintenance over five years, and six high-level options ranging from maintenance-only to building a single county high school; the firm recommended narrowing options and running programming workshops.
RRMM Architects presented a facilities master-plan update to the Page County Public Schools board, warning that declining enrollment and deferred maintenance will force difficult choices about school consolidations and new construction.
"Overall, enrollment has decreased by 15% in the last 10 years," said Chris Phillips, principal in charge at RRMM, noting projections that enrollment could decline another 8% over the next decade. He told the board its Bureau Veritas facilities-condition assessments (2023) and RRMM’s validation point to roughly $51,500,000 of deferred maintenance to address over five years.
The presentation framed six conceptual options for trustees to consider: (1) a…
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