By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — The bids for the renovation and construction of a new community elementary school at the New Deal-era school site will not be opened Jan. 20.
Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill said the projected date of opening those bids is now Feb. 5. The projected date had been Jan. 20.
A rendering of the elementary school that will be built in the Magnolia Place area
photo courtesy of Trussville City Schools
Bids for the Magnolia Place school site will be opened Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. at the school system’s Central Office. Neill said the bidders are Birmingham-based Argo Building Company, Tennessee-based Bell and Associates, and Trussville-based Blalock Building Company.
The Trussville City Board of Education is likely to approve the Magnolia Place school bid at a called board meeting Friday, Jan. 16 at 8:30 a.m.
Each school will accommodate up to 500 students. The total cost — including construction, renovation, site work, contingency and other costs — for both schools will likely be around $23 million.
A rendering of what the elementary school in the Cahaba Project will look like, as seen from where Jack Wood Stadium currently stands
photo courtesy of Trussville City Schools
The plan is to open both schools for the 2016-2017 school year.
Based on this year’s enrollment, there would be 427 students attending the New Deal-era school building in the Cahaba Project, 374 at the school in the Magnolia Place area and 1,025 students at the Paine Elementary Campus. With enrollment likely to increase in Trussville, building the schools to accommodate 500 students each now is logical, according to school officials.
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