After approving nearly $10 million in preliminary costs in March for the reconstruction of Bells Ferry Elementary School, the Cobb Board of Education last week signed off on the rest of the project.
The school board voted on its consent agenda last Thursday for a guaranteed maximum price of $29.9 million for Winter Construction Co. of Atlanta, which has been doing first-phase work that includes sitework and utility relocation.
The funding comes from the current Cobb Education SPLOST VI sales tax, and the project is expected to be completed by July 2027.
The current Bells Ferry facility at Bells Ferry Road and Piedmont Road was built in 1973, and currently enrolls 750 students.
The oldest portion of the main building will be rebuilt, and the school will get upgraded technology and communications equipment, including new computing and interactive devices for classrooms, telephone systems and replacing two playground areas.
The project will also prompt portable classrooms on the campus, and second- and third-grade classes will be relocated to nearby Chalker Elementary School when the 2025-26 academic year begins on Monday.
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