Contractors selected for roof repairs at Paramus schools

Replacement of roofs at Paramus High School (PHS) and West Brook Middle School has been slated for this summer.

The Board of Education awarded contracts for the roof work at its May 6 meeting. The board also approved contracts for an HVAC and control replacement at PHS Community School and switches for generators at PHS and both district middle schools, with all work scheduled to take place this summer, and be completed before the 2013-14 school year.

"We think the timing is good to make that happen," business administrator Steven Cea said.

The contract for the PHS roof went to Clifton & Clark in the amount of $278,300. The contract for West Brook went to Arch Concept Construction, Inc. for $362,711. The district has worked with both vendors, Cea said.

Emergency manual transfer switches for PHS and both middle schools were contracted out to the TSUJ Corporation for $377,027 total. The switches will allow the schools to use portable generators in the case of outages.

The $369,000 contract for the HVAC system replacement was awarded to ACP Contracting..

Funds were drawn from $600,000 in capital reserves and $700,000 from last year's state aid, according to Cea.

The total budget, passed by the BOE in March, is $83.7 million. The budget will fund expanded classroom reading libraries, new instructional initiatives and a new teacher evaluation program.

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