Karns City school district rebidding construction project
KARNS CITY — An architect discussed a planned addition to Chicora Elementary School on Thursday with the Karns City Area School District board.
The board voted at its November meeting to advertise bids to build an addition on to the school. The building has undergone several updates for more than a year now, including a new classroom wing, a separate cafeteria and an all-purpose outdoor playing field.
Eric Ritzert, superintendent of Karns City Area School District, said at the meeting that administrators hope to see lower bids than the initial round received in the summer, which came in too high.
“We’re basically starting today, advertised for a second round of bids,” Ritzert said. “We last advertised in May and received them in June, and they were high. We’re hoping with the changes he articulated today and changes in the market, that we’ll see some cost reductions that will allows us to proceed with the project.”
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