Lansing's Board of Education hunkered down for another Capital expansion workshop Monday night. The board is pouring through the details of a multi-million dollar plan to expand classrooms, and to improve facilities and security on the Ridge Road campus.

This was the fourth of a series of sessions with project planners and architects to carve the project down to a size that voters might be likely to approve in a March referendum. Architects and engineers from King & King were present as well as project planners from C&S Design Build, Inc., the construction manager firm. Also present was Mark Lewis, who will be Lansing's School Superintendent starting in early January.

The project could include new classrooms, notably science classrooms in the High School, plus improvements and new facilities for all the schools. It may include a new High School auditorium and an IP based phone system, or these items may be put up for a vote on a separate referendum along with a base construction project that will include the classrooms, relocating the school offices to the front entrances for security and other work.

The Board plans to have the scope and price tag set before the end of this year. Once that is done they will present the project to the public.

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