by Saurabh Dani
Ridgewood NJ, LAN associates estimate for replacing cubbies like the one in this image in elementary school classrooms is 250$per linear feet plus 13.5% in their fee to design and oversee the work.
Question: Can the schools be creative in this and allocate this 250$ per linear feet as budget and allow the class teacher and HSA to pick the furniture for their classrooms instead of letting the architect do it?
EDIT: not just for cost savings, but also for creativity.
What’s the downside?
Ridgewood has a big “SUCKER” target on it’s back…
Creativity is great until someone furnishes the classroom with Ikea.
Then you’d be replacing things every year plus the parents would have no interest coming in to put the furniture together.
I think IKEA is perfectly acceptable.