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FacilitiesSchool year 2024-25

Extend the Sowers Middle School rebuild schedule and cover extra contractor costs

IN SHORT

Goal: The rebuild is completed by about May 1, 2025. (plus 1 more goal below)

Result: Partly met. Public documents show part of the goal was met, or a result smaller than first estimated.

The Sowers Middle School rebuild, awarded in January 2022 with a contract value of $49,704,502 (including a 5% contingency), ran into 181 days of delays from weather, utility work, soil conditions, and other issues. The board approved a $429,751 change order, paid from the project's contingency, and the district set a new expected completion date.

  1. Brief

  2. Receipt

  3. Stamp (current stage)

01

Brief

What the board was deciding. Budget words explained

Meeting
January 14, 2025, agenda item 12.4
Board Agenda, January 14, 2025 (item 12.4)(opens in a new tab)
Vote
Approved
  • Ayes: 5
  • Noes: 0
  • Abstain: not recorded
  • Absent: not recorded
Signed Board Minutes, January 14, 2025 (consent calendar), p. 5(opens in a new tab)
Cost or savings
$429,751 taken from the project's contingency to cover 92 days of the contractor's extended overhead. The district said this amount is included within the final guaranteed maximum price.
Signed Board Minutes, January 14, 2025 (item 12.4), p. 9(opens in a new tab)
Options considered
No alternatives were listed in the documents reviewed.
Who is affected
  • Sowers Middle School students, families, and staff: The rebuilt campus's completion date moved from the initial November 1, 2024 to an anticipated May 1, 2025.Source(opens in a new tab)

02

Receipt

What the district said, word for word.

  1. GOAL 01

    “The new completion date for the project is anticipated to be May 1, 2025.”

    Agenda item 12.4, Background · Signed Board Minutes, January 14, 2025 (item 12.4), p. 9(opens in a new tab)

    In plain words
    The rebuild is completed by about May 1, 2025.
    Estimated amount
    No dollar amount stated

  2. GOAL 02

    “The project is still anticipated to return contingency once complete.”

    Agenda item 12.4, Background · Signed Board Minutes, January 14, 2025 (item 12.4), p. 9(opens in a new tab)

    In plain words
    The project finishes under its contract value, so unused contingency goes back to the district.
    Estimated amount
    No dollar amount stated

REVIEW DATE

May 1, 2025()

Review date set by the district.

“The new completion date for the project is anticipated to be May 1, 2025.” Source, p. 9(opens in a new tab)

03

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Board awards the Sowers rebuild construction contract to Construct 1 One Corporation

    Source(opens in a new tab)

  2. Board vote: Approved 5–0

    Source, p. 5(opens in a new tab)

  3. Review due (date set by district)

    Source, p. 9(opens in a new tab)

  4. Contractor completes its work, with a final project cost of $49,683,159

    Source, p. 12(opens in a new tab)

  5. Board accepts the work and files a Notice of Completion

    Source, p. 3(opens in a new tab)

  6. Stamped: Partly met

  7. TODAY

04

Stamp

How did it turn out? What the stamps mean

Stamps describe what public documents show. They are never a judgment of anyone's work or intentions.

Partly met

Stamped October 5, 2026 · Every quote checked against its source · Approved by a person before publishing

Cost: met. The district reported a final project cost of $49,683,159, which is $21,343 below the $49,704,502 contract value that included the contingency, so some contingency was left unspent, as the district anticipated. Schedule: about a month later than anticipated. The district reported the contractor completed its work as of May 31, 2025, compared with the anticipated May 1, 2025. The board accepted the work and filed a Notice of Completion on September 9, 2025.

Evidence

How this was decided
Goal checked
“The new completion date for the project is anticipated to be May 1, 2025.”“The project is still anticipated to return contingency once complete.”
Review date
May 1, 2025 (review date set by the district)
Rule applied
"Partly met" means: Public documents show part of the goal was met, or a result smaller than first estimated. The five stamps
What was found
The explanation above, based on 2 documents listed under Evidence.
Reviewed
Every quote checked against its source; approved by a person on October 5, 2026.

District response

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05

Sources

Every document used on this page.

  1. 1.Board Agenda, January 14, 2025 (item 12.4) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2.Signed Board Minutes, January 14, 2025 (consent calendar) (opens in a new tab) · pages 5, 8, 9
  3. 3.Signed Board Minutes, September 9, 2025 (item 12.7, Notice of Completion) (opens in a new tab) · pages 3, 12
  4. 4.Board Agenda Packet, January 18, 2022 (Sowers rebuild lease-leaseback contracts) (opens in a new tab) · page 112

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