Even though the added expenses the Chandler Unified School District governing board approved on June 10 for the Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School were somewhat expected at least by some board members and staff, the spending was difficult for one board member to accept.
The board voted unanimously to approve a $400,000 increase for design services and administrative costs related to the school’s ongoing rebuild.
Assistant Superintendent Tom Dunn told the board both the square footage and the total time for the rebuild increased as planning went along, with plans to reconstruct the school that opened in 1957.
