Bids for GR HS Athletic Complex Work Pushed Back

Bids to repair the will open later than initially expected, but officials say that itself shouldn't impact the construction time table.

Carlo Cella, a school board trustee on the facilities committee, said the bids for the project will now be opening on April 2, with a closing date of April 16. The district initially anticipated having an answer by March 26.

"My understanding is we're still planning on mobilizing by May 1st, maybe sooner," Cella said. "We don't believe it will have any impact on the schedule. As I've stated in the past, it's going to be highly dependent on the bid specs we get back from the winning bidder. The winning bidder can determine when they want to start...the issue is when they're going to complete. We'll know a lot more when we get the bids on April 2."

The district plans to allocate upwards of $2.5 million to vanquish long-standing drainage issues at the fields. The track is slated to rebuilt, a drainage retention system constructed and the football/lacrosse field turfed as part of the base bid. Alternate plans include a turfing of the lower soccer field and other niceties like an additional tennis court, bleachers, a new concession stand, a re-sodding of the baseball field and others, assuming bids come in at or below budget.

District officials say they're , held outdoors on campus for decades.

"The solution that we feel is a reasonably good compromise and the students seem to be OK with is ," Glen Rock High School Principal John Arlotta said previously. "From the scope of the project, regardless of if it's done and how it's done, it looks like that portion of the project can be delayed until after the graduation date."