The campus Denton ISD is building to replace J.L. Ginnings Elementary would open as a prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade school under a construction change order on the trustees' consent agenda Tuesday night.
Balfour Beatty Construction, the district's construction manager at risk, submitted the $4,910,425 change order. Once design fees and other soft costs are added, it raises the project's total probable cost by $5,367,463, to $68,646,052. The construction contract itself would climb from $57,685,060 to $62,595,485.
What changes on the site
The signed change order form, prepared by the architecture firm Corgan, describes the project at 2525 Yellowstone Place as the Ginnings replacement "now PK-8 Academy." It says the elementary design is being revised for a PK-8 campus, with:
- an activity room next to the gymnasium,
- dressing rooms for middle school students,
- a second science lab and a second art classroom,
- a fine arts multipurpose room,
- finishes and branding updated for a wider range of student ages.
The district's agenda summary describes the change more generally as revisions for an updated campus design and educational programming.
Cost and schedule
The work adds 155 days to the contract, and the form lists a new substantial completion date of Oct. 26, 2027. The architect signed it Oct. 23 and the contractor Oct. 30; it is not final until the district signs.
