Monday, January 9, 2012
Changes were made to the proposed auditorium at Marietta High School in order to keep costs within the $9 million budget.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
The number of seats in the proposed Marietta High School auditorium was cut to 750 and a skylight and orchestra pit were removed from the plans, bringing the estimated cost of the project to $8.9 million, The Marietta Daily Journal reports. In December, preliminary estimates showed the proposed 900-seat Marietta High School auditorium coming in over budget from between half a million to several million dollars. Marietta City Schools' plan was to build a multipurpose auditorium at Marietta High School for an estimated $9 million. The Marietta Board of Education agreed on Aug. 16 to use a $7 million general-obligation bond to pay for the new auditorium. The bond is contingent upon the SPLOST IV voter approval in a 2013 referendum, as the …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The project’s architect presented a preliminary cost breakdown for the proposed Marietta High School auditorium totaling the project from half a million to several million dollars over budget.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Preliminary estimates show the proposed 900-seat Marietta High School auditorium coming in over budget from between half a million to several million dollars, The Marietta Daily Journal reports. The project’s architect, Bob Sussenbach of CGLS of Atlanta, presented a preliminary cost breakdown of the theater calculated by Torrance Construction Company of LaGrange, totaling the project at $9.5 million, the MDJ says. Marietta City Schools' plan was to build a multipurpose auditorium at Marietta High School for an estimated $9 million. The Marietta Board of Education agreed Aug. 16 to use a $7 million general-obligation bond to pay for the new auditorium. The bond is contingent upon the SPLOST IV voter approval in a 2013 referendum, as the …
Monday, September 12, 2011
The city Board of Education hears praise and only a few questions from a group of about 50 at the Sixth Grade Academy.
The Marietta Board of Education and Superintendent Emily Lembeck are meeting with the public at the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy tonight at 7 to discuss the planned multiuse auditorium for Marietta High School and the bond funding proposed to pay for it. We'll try to report the event on Twitter (@MariettaPatch), then copy the tweets into this article within minutes for further thought and discussion. Marietta City Schools' plan to build a multipurpose auditorium at Marietta High School for an estimated $9 million received consensus support during a public forum Monday night at the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy. After Superintendent Emily Lembeck and Marietta High Principal Leigh Colburn laid out the process and rationale behind the proposal…
Melissa Kory
2:36 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
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