Elizabeth Forward School Board updated on construction
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May 17, 2025

Elizabeth Forward School Board updated on construction

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 

A representative of McLean Architects said work on Phase 1 is about one-third complete.

David McLean of McLean Architects updated the Elizabeth Forward school board about the high school renovations this week.

McLean said they are roughly a third of the way through the project, estimating that about 31% is complete.

With $60.2 million budgeted for construction, the project has a contingency of 5% percent or around $3 million.

McLean said 10.26% of the contingency has been used so far, which is an in...

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