(TNS) — The Huber Heights school board has approved a maximum price guarantee proposal of $7,133,106 for its planned career technology expansion at Wayne High School.
The approval last week by the board comes after months of cost estimates coming in over budget due to supply chain issues and rising construction costs, according to district officials, much of which is a lasting effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its strain on the global and national economy.
Earlier this year, the district announced plans to use around $7 million of its total $16.9 million in ESSER funding to construct career technology classrooms at Wayne High School, as well as permanent makerspace labs at each of the five elementary schools.
The school board re-evaluated these plans in April after estimated expenses for the project soared,…
