Saturday, September 24, 2011
Faculty, students sign wall for part of $8.2 million expansion.
Ground-breaking ceremonies are less about the actual dirt being dug and more about the promise of what's being built holds. That’s why Newark Academy’s event on Thursday was so important. “This is an historic moment,” said Donald Austin, the Head of School. “The new space will add immense value to our campus, strengthening our curricular initiatives and expanding the ways in which we teach and in which our students learn. This center will profoundly impact our community in a very positive way.” Construction and renovation plans for the first phase of the Upper School Academic Center will cost $8.2 million, according to Lisa Grider, director of Institutional Advancement, and means 18,500 square feet of new construction and 2,500 square feet…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
From Monday's meeting: School construction, test scores, service-learning, contract talks, and ethics.
Livingston will borrow up to $9.25 million to cover construction costs promised by the state of New Jersey, but not yet paid. School leaders approved a resolution on Monday night that authorizes Steven Robinson, the district’s business administrator/board secretary to issue promissory notes to be called “grant anticipation notes” of the Board of Education. The state has pledged $22.4 million toward the work at eight Livingston public schools – in all a voter-approved $55.9 million project that includes elevators, new bathrooms, windows, air conditioning, and remodeled auditoriums. Over the summer, $13 million of the work was competed in eight weeks, including demolition, roofs, windows and bathrooms, Dr. Brad Draeger said Monday night. It …
Thursday, July 7, 2011
While school is out there is millions of dollars of construction going on in Livingston schools.
This article was submitted by Livingston Public Schools. School is out for summer and construction is under way for the renovation of Livingston Public Schools as part of the $55.9 million school district facility upgrade project, of which up to $22.4 million will be funded by state aid. On a recent tour of the school construction, Board Administrator Steven Robinson and Construction Project Manager Jamie Perrette of Turner Construction Company walked the hallways of several of the schools inspecting the progress of the work. Robinson said he anticipates that the first phase of the project should be completed on schedule by the middle of August. Phase two, work on the individual classrooms, will begin Sept. 1 with a completion date for all…
