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SCASD Board Authorizes Bidding for Mount Nittany Elementary Expansion and Renovation
State College Area School District's plan to renovate and expand Mount Nittany Elementary School to meet enrollment needs is moving closer to fruition. The school board on Monday voted 8-0 to grant permission to bid the project, which will include a 38,575-square-foot addition and renovations to 2,000 square feet of the existing building. Earlier this year, architect Crabtree Rohrbaugh and Associates estimated the total project cost at $20.93 million, including site work, construction, furniture and equipment, soft costs, financing fees and anticipated cost escalation factors over the design and construction periods. An Act 34 public hearing required by the state for substantial school...
Letters: Unwelcoming Homecoming for PSU Alumni; Wrong on Project 2025; Not Again, Glenn; Elect Womer
With Penn State Homecoming weekend upon us, I am disgusted by our university’s hateful actions toward alumni. The board has recently ended our democratic elections for trustees, a practice established 149 years ago by our founders. On top of that, the board has muzzled trustees so that dissenting opinions cannot be expressed – a disgraceful situation for an institution of higher learning, where it should be understood that diversity of viewpoints leads to increased understanding. Even worse, two trustees elected by the alumni are about to be removed from the board because of asking too many questions and taking their...
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