Six Central Jersey school districts sharing $9 million in grants for renovations

Mike Deak, MyCentralJersey.com
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Six Central Jersey school districts are sharing about $9 million in state grants to help pay for improvements to school buildings, the New Jersey Schools Development Authority has announced.

North Plainfield

Total projects cost: $6,639,319; state share: $4,292,671; local share: $2,346,647.

  • East End School roof: $307,592 (total cost)

  • North Plainfield High School roof: $1.2 million

  • North Plainfield High School HVAC upgrades: $1.9 million

  • Somerset School HVAC upgrades: $488,200

  • Stony Brook School HVAC upgrades: $2.4 million

  • Stony Brook School roof: $389,637

Bound Brook

Total projects cost: $4,635,040; state share: $3,069,875 million; local cost: $1,565,164.

  • Bound Brook High School boiler: $991,200

  • Lafayette School boiler: $970,800

  • LaMonte Annex boiler: $838,800

  • Smalley School boiler: $1.8 million

Highland Park

  • Highland Park High School roof: $632,047

  • Irving School roof: $144,650

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Hillsborough

  • Woodfern School roof: $1 million

Alexandria

  • Alexandria Middle School HVAC upgrades: $992,100

Delaware Township

  • Delaware Township Elementary School HVAC upgrades: $1.3 million

The awards are part of a $450 million statewide funding program announced in September.

Between state and local contributions, the total project costs of the eligible projects across the state are estimated to exceed $1 billion.

In all, since the state program has started, North Plainfield has been awarded more than $21 million in grants; Hillsborough has been given $9.1 million; Highland Park has received $9.4 million; Bound Brook has received $3.8 million; Alexandria received $2 million and Delaware has gotten $3.2 million.

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