15-03-2025
Jackson County School District approves phase three of Grand Ridge project
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Friday morning's special workshop afforded the contractor, designers, and architects an opportunity to update the community on the Grand Ridge construction project.
Jackson County school board members approved the contract for phase three of the project Thursday night.
'I think Culpepper and DAG, as well as the board, just want everybody on the same page. And I thought it was a real successful meeting this morning, and who knows? In the future, we might have another one just on this topic to keep the community aware of all of the great things that are going on out there,' Superintendent Hunter Nolen said.
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Nolen says a new board member requested a project update. With Nolen being recently elected himself, he thought the workshop would be beneficial. Several board members seemed to be a bit confused about the topic of contingency.
'I think there were a couple of changes that were made, and the board just wanted to know kind of where they were going and what they were doing and had a great explanation this morning,' Nolen added.
Culpepper Construction representatives assured board members that their confusion was a result of their transparency.
'But then you're increasing it, maybe that's not what's really going on, but maybe it's just an internal accounting and moving it between?' a board member asked.
'That's exactly what it is, it's an internal accounting. All we're doing is showing you how that internal accounting is occurring. That's all that is, we're saying, ok, you know, we're moving dollars within the GMP to reflect the actual commitments that were occurring,' responded a Culpepper Construction representative.
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Superintendent Nolen says they're making on-site visits once every three weeks
'So we invite one board member, a different one every time, as well as director of facilities, our finance director. We meet with with Culpepper and Kyle and DAG and just, where we at, where we headed, any hiccups?' Nolen said.
Nolen says the project is ahead of schedule right now. He's hoping to have a ribbon cutting ceremony in August 2027.
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