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EDUCATION/CULTURE--VALLEY FIRM AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Roscoe Construction Limited, Kentville, has been awarded the tender by the Department of Education and Culture to construct the new Hebbville Middle School in Lunenburg County. The company submitted a bid of $7,997,040, the lowest of the nine bids received. The two-storey school is designed to equip each of the 26 classrooms with computer connections, television monitors, a two-way intercom system and a state-of-the-art video retrieval system, allowing teachers to access educational programs without leaving the classroom. In addition, the school will have a music room, science rooms, special education and resource rooms, family studies and technical education rooms, a computer room, gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen and library. The public address, fire alarm and other building systems will be fully automated and integrated, reflecting the technological sophistication of the school and maximizing safety for students. The new school, scheduled to open in 1997, will be home to approximately 700 students from grades five to nine, relieving overcrowding in elementary schools in Hebbville, Newcombville and Pentz. The middle school will be built on the same property as Hebbville Elementary, allowing younger students to share in the new school facilities. The project will also benefit the local economy, providing approximately 75 direct and 85 indirect jobs. In 1992 $4.8 million was approved for additions and alterations to the existing building. However, a study conducted by the then Department of Supply and Services concluded a new school would be more cost-effective in the long-term. -30- Contact: Lisa Bugden 902-424-2795 trp May 15, 1996 - 4:10 p.m.