The above does not include construction costs and furniture, but we will post those figures as we gather this information. The District is telling us that each Room costs $ 165,000. That seems very high to us.The above quote would indicate that the rooms can be had for $42,000 each plus other costs listed above. Seems like a big difference. We have asked for a break down of all costs including copies of the actual invoices .
Update : 6/15/01: We have contacted 3 other sources for portables and they have told us that a standard size class room ( 24' x 40') will cost $ 35,000 each and about $ 75,000 installed. We also found that the district has now admitted to a cost per portable of $ 104,000. You can see above and on the MTYRE budget page, they were telling the over crowding committee that portables would cost $ 165,000 each. We have also found that the average cost of portables at South school was $93,000. Why the big change from 165K to 104K? Could it be that we are making progress?
Why not Lease Portables? Finally, Jefferson School District is leasing the Portables they need to handle their over crowding. The cost of this is about $ 9,000 per year per room. This seems like the best option for Bohn if cost is truly the sole reason that the TUSD wants us to go to MTYRE. We have found TUSD can lease portables for as low at $6,000 each per year. Lease to own the units over 5 years at 9K each and the above Double class room unit can be leased to own for 21K a year for 5 years.
Lets Just lease some Portables and go back to the business of quality education at Bohn. |