Youngstown schools officials jolted by furniture pricetag

YOUNGSTOWN — City school administrators are at a loss to explain why bids for furniture, fixtures and equipment for two new school buildings now under construction came in well above architectural estimates.

The school board had authorized seeking joint bids on those items for the Volney Rogers and Woodrow Wilson middle schools in October, anticipating that bidding them in a package deal would result in a better overall price. The bids were structured so that they could be separated so they could be dealt with separately, if necessary,.

The cost estimates at the time were $272,000 for each building, but the bids came in around $400,000 each in December.

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