MANVILLE: State says money’s coming for roof repair

Good financial news to start the school year: Manville schools will receive a state grant of $571,686 to help pay for the estimated $1,264,453 total cost to replace the roof in the west wing at Manville High School.
The local contribution will be $692,767.
The state Schools Development Authority approved that the grant through the SDA’s Regular Operating District grant program.
The SDA has processed more than $1.4 million in grants to the Manville School District since program inception, the state said. In May 2013, Governor Christie announced the largest single grant offering in the program’s history, making approximately half a billion dollars in funding available for projects throughout the state’s 559 regular operating districts and 21 county vocational technical school districts.
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. Between state and local contributions, the total project costs of eligible projects are estimated to exceed $1.2 billion.