An increase in construction costs could mean changes in the plans for the Moberly School District’s Alternative Education Center and Early Childhood Center expansion project. Citing a nine percent increase in construction costs since January, representatives from Hollis and Miller estimate the alternative school would cost about 600 thousand more than originally estimated, but the projected amount of the Early Childhood Center coming in under budget would almost offset that. Superintendent Dr. Dustin Fanning…

Reducing the height of the alternative school by two feet would save about 100 thousand dollars. The final site has not been selected.

The current plan is to have the Early Childhood addition open around the start of next school year, and the alternative school in August 2023.