School district receives grants

Roof and boiler replacements at Freehold High School and Marlboro High School will be completed with the assistance of grants that have been awarded to the Freehold Regional High School District.

In September, the district received three grants from the New Jersey School Development Authority (SDA) Regular Operating District (ROD) grant program.

The grants will be used for roof replacements at Freehold and Marlboro high schools, as well as boiler, heating, ventilation and air conditioning replacement at Freehold High School.

The total cost of the roof replacement at Freehold High School is $1.55 million. The state share is $620,528, and the local share is $930,793.

The cost of the roof replacement at Marlboro High School is $841,911. The state share is $336,764, and the local share is $505,147.

The boiler, heating, ventilation and air conditioning replacement at Freehold High School has a total cost of $2.54 million. The state share is $1.01 million, and the local share is $1.52 million.

The total cost of all projects is $4.93 million. The total amount of the state share is $1.97 million, and the total amount of the local share is $2.96 million.

The SDA has executed more than $3 million in grants to the district since the ROD programs inception, according to a press release.

In May 2013, Gov. Chris Christie announced the largest single grant offering in the programs history, making approximately half a billion dollars in funding available for projects throughout the states 559 regular operating districts and 21 county vocational technical school districts, according to the press release.

The Department of Education, which determines the selection of school projects to receive grant funds, has approved more than 1,600 ROD grant projects in 335 school districts throughout the state for this allocation.

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