The mission of the Franklin County Public Schools is to educate students in a community-involved learning environment that ensures all students will achieve their greatest individual potential in order to succeed in a global society.

On May 17, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., bids for the New Elementary School to be built off of US 421 were opened in the Board Room of the Central Office.  Five contractors submitted bids:

Parco Construction            $12,596,000

Alliance Corporation            11,413,600

David Construction                12,306,700

Isaac Tatum Construction        11,425,000

Griggs Enterprises                    11,907,000

The lowest bid from Alliance is well within our bonding capacity and is roughly $168.21 a sq. ft.  We had estimated bids might come in slightly higher.

That the Board award the bid for the New Elementary School to Alliance Corporation at a cost of $11,413,600

Motion Passed:  That the Board award the bid for the New Elementary School to Alliance Corporation at a cost of $11,413,600 passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Tim Metzger.

Now that the actual construction cost of $11,413,600 has been affirmed, it is necessary to amend our original project application to reflect real numbers instead of estimates.

Attached is the revised BG-1 for this project.   

That the Board approve the attached BG-1 for the New Elementary School

Motion Passed:  That the Board approve the attached BG-1 for the New Elementary School passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Tim Metzger.

Principal Martha Lail will present a report on Bridgeport Elementary.

The next meeting of the Franklin County Board of Education will be 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 4, 2007, at the Central Office.

Motion Passed:  That the meeting be adjourned 7:54 p.m. passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Stanley Salchli.