Award of a $157,300 contract for the construction of Indian school facilities at Conehatta, Mississippi, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
Conehatta School, operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has a present enrollment of 180 pupils. The new facilities will provide more adequate facilities for the present enrollment and allow the enrollment of 30 pupils not now in school due to lack of school facilities.
The contract calls for the construction of four classrooms and a kitchen multipurpose room and for the remodeling of the present school building.
The successful bidder was Central Construction Company of Philadelphia, Miss. Three higher bids ranging from $163,800 to $185,000 were received.
