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Award of a $1,313,550 contract for the construction of complete new school facilities to accommodate 244 additional Indian pupils on the Navajo Reservation at Shonto, Arizona, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
The new facilities will b, built at a site approximately 3/4 of a mile from an existing Indian Bureau school.
The contract calls for the construction of a 9-classroom school and multipurpose room, a 256-pupil dormitory, a 300-pupil kitchen-dining room, personnel quarters, two 4-stall garages, a storage and utility building, and complete new utility systems. This school, when complete, will provide facilities for 300 pupils, which is an increase of 244 over the enrollment of the present school. The successful bidder was Lembke Construction Co., Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two higher bids, ranging from $1,376,000 to $1,574,000 were received
