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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently the new FCHS won’t be as nice as they are having to cut back the scale because of rising costs. I really hope they can find a way to stick to the original plan  since the facilities have been sub-par for so long.[/quote]

Costs are escalating, but still...

The Langley renovation that wrapped up in 2018 came in at about $80M.  The latest FY 2024-28 CIP, approved just a few months ago, has Falls Church budgeted at $160M.  At one point it was closer to $130M.

If they are cutting back at all now, perhaps it's the new interim head of facilities taking a fresh look at how much is getting spent on a small number of projects and concluding they need to have more money available for critical infrastructure upgrades across a wider number of schools.  [/quote]

An extra 30 mill due to inflation / cost escalation sounds like a reasonable adjustment. [/quote]

The point is there's no real evidence of any major cutting back on the scale of the FCHS renovation.  Only some suggestion from Fanshaw that he thinks the prior head of facilities was less than competent and that FCPS needs to find a different way of doing things in the future.  [/quote]

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