Days after the council on Dec. 2 voted to withdraw an application to the state Office of School Construction Grants & Review for a $16.5 million proposal to demolish portable classrooms and add a new wing to the Killingly Memorial School, the council set a Saturday public hearing on a new plan to conduct a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Main Street school’s main building, a move made after state officials offered an attractive reimbursement package for the work. In all, the amended $34 million deal would, in addition to the previously applied for work, include the replacement of an antiquated heating system at the Main Street school with a combination heating-cooling system; re-doing the facility’s electrical system; adding a fire-suppression system to the main building; renovating the cafeteria’s kitchen area; and conducting asbestos abatement throughout the structure. If the comprehensive project is approved, work could begin during the summer of 2022.
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