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Costly school construction projects

Title: Costly school construction projects

Published: Tue, 31 Mar 2009

Description: School systems across Massachusetts are feeling the strain of the economy but it didn't have to be this bad. Mike Beaudet tells us how Massachusetts schools are struggling with billions in debt from out of control school construction projects.

Full Article: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/on_tv/033109_Costly_school_construction_projects

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" We don't know -- to your kids work out in the class room teacher being laid out on schools close I didn't have to be at a reporter Mike but at your. Goals. Are arguing with billions in debt from I don't can roll call project album. Maria and mark palatial schools and pork plant but -- as it's within a span of like with normal no over night the day doubled billions of dollars to pay its ports of local school building project. Which could be up to ninety per out of the cop the result was all too predictable. Debt from you are. -- state and local taxpayer -- although much for the schools. As we go for the big."

" elementary schools are beautiful building for thirty million dollars they should be. Costs ballooned after Milton resident demanded building to separate goals with separate and even though Colin -- Cunningham. Connected. No surprise this project and for -- and Hilton ran way over budget. Pure middle school one of -- over budget. Glover elementary 24%. Over. Tucker goal 14% over and -- high a whopping 33%. Over budget and -- It about it in Iowa State treasurer. Head of a new authority that out over in -- that was critical of yield at them for building schools."

" Really broken. And functional. And leading the date -- about eleven billion dollars worth of debt. Big and Big Dig incurred and students are. Paying a price for that Big Dig guys debt. Schools across the state are cutting services and raising games here in on this recently renovated school they -- only after close to cut costs. The prospect of closing a re we renovated -- well -- make up and we're not at school. And in Indian we have already paid for we're going to try to get them back another goal that apparently was needed. But even elementary in Beverly. And ten years after it was still closed it down it reopened a regional alternative school. Beverly resident George and is a former school committee member it seems like Beverly didn't really need to -- yeah."

" Actually and that when the opened and it would ask why did go only while all the planning was done or might. Wait for taxpayer on the mic unit just want to project in Beverly all budget buster. Including north school -- neighbor out over. And elementary 44 per over budget and general goal 92%. Over budget the school building authority to go for school construction from the Department of Education in 2004. In the amount of wasted money only now becoming apparent. The new story found that over 800 projects had never nodded when those ought to were finally done. The found more than 800 million dollar had been what it including. The never paid for -- bring Kate."

" Party mean you name it. It was all thrown in yet because in the deal programmed and none of these are really identified plot."

" Don't spent 46 million dollars re doing for elementary school now the superintendent acknowledges there aren't enough to fill that in Arlington poor planning on the top of the hardy elementary school renovation project. To nearly nine million dollar 104%. Over budget. Liotta and middle school was also redone at eighty -- over budget now Arlington and during -- school fees and cutting down. Then there's the -- Hollis now at school the new new north pot and completed for nearly 200 million -- this megaplex is bald and extra. From -- right exact design to date of the art performing arts that are. Wittman regional high school's front but not how -- look at the budget buster. But can be even and immigrant people would -- but expensive and we couldn't superintendent comic UN -- look out again. I -- I not feature like tile floor and a smoldering. The library look like it -- upright private school. But the top of the a brick facade was off that by putting cheaper material in the court are the other -- white colored brick. Is much much cheaper than traditional red -- much bigger McCain's record in the tile floors and molding early and prominent area deeper at the school Laurie turned -- Even the wall -- money they've been really just a minute with Colorado and play very very and but -- grant it to 49 million dollars in the state considers it an example a school should be built on top of that."

" Meeting in an on time -- budget. Now Whitman Hanson regional high school is considered one of the dates model schools and Norwood may be the first community -- that aren't doing what they ignored up to forty million dollars on design. In other you want to whether you're at your town who are a project was over budget to our web site my fox Bob and dot com -- Marc Cabrera. Mike what are the superintendent in the communities came in over budget. At about how well many of them we point the finger back at the -- and delay in approving their project actually added to the -- all over -- that product community only to go until -- doesn't look that way to treasurer made enough money to pay for five years of school auction as long as the -- o'clock monitored but broken structure and now rely on revenue from the eight -- act -- have got keeps dropping there could be trouble down the road."

" Got an idea for a block an investigation we want to hear Paula -- I'm Mike Beaudet fox America."

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