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Pickford School Building Project delayed The Sault News PICKFORD The Building Project for Pickford Public Schools has been delayed after the received bids came in higher over estimates. Angela Nettleton, superintendent of Pickford Public Schools, released a letter regarding the situation. When the schools went out to bids in January, a variance of plus or minus 5% was expected, based on consultation from construction managers. As of early February, based on the bids received, the project was being over budget by approximately 40%. This was caused by several factors, including COVID-19-related issues interacting with the school’s rural geographic location. “Project Steering Committee members, including members of our board of education and our administrative team, have spent a great deal of time looking at various cost reduction strategies and value engineering opportunities suggested by contractors during the post-bid interviews,” said Nettleton in the ....
Chippewa County schools grapple with substitute shortages The Sault News School districts around the country have been struggling with substitute teachers, and that problem was exacerbated even more because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why is there a crisis? According to The School Superintendents Association, the answer comes right out of a basic economics text: increased demand coupled with a decrease in supply. Geoffrey G. Smith of The School Superintendents Association explained in an article that the increased demand on the existing substitute teacher pool is due in part to higher requirements for in-service training for permanent teachers and generous teacher contracts that offer additional leave time during the school year. ....
9 & 10 News April 20, 2021 COVID-19 threw a wrench into their plans when construction costs went up. “We believe that all of those things affected us along with our location,” said Angela Nettleton, superintendent of Pickford Schools. “We’re in a rural location of the eastern U.P. We don’t have a ton of major sized contractors in our area. We didn’t get the number of bids we were expecting to get.” The millage allowed the school $8.5 million, but when prices went up, they realized they weren’t going to have enough money to get the project done on schedule. “We’re bound by what we requested for the mileage and we also have an obligation to the taxpayers and community to make sure we bring that project in and complete it as we had originally intended to do,” said Nettleton. ....
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