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[email protected] WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 Carmel Schools Seek New Architects For Facilities Upgrades By Holly Crocco voters in March 2019, after district The Carmel School Board is residents shot down two prior capi- putting together a request for pro- tal project proposals, in December posals for an architect/engineering 2017 and March 2018. team to oversee facilities upgrades, During a November School having recently severed ties with a Board meeting, architect David previous firm. Sammel stated that construction “We got rid of our other ar- estimates were coming in at nearly chitect after the fiasco with the double the cost — around $11 mil- bus garage, and now we are in the lion. A new team was then assigned process of hiring a new one,” said to the project by CPL Architecture, Board President Eric Mittelstadt Engineering & Planning, which ac- during the board’s Sept. 14 meeting. quired Sammel Architecture PLLC. The second annual Dino Fun Run and Family Fun Day, a fundraiser for pediatric cancer research Construction of a $6 million However, going forward, the through the American Cancer Society, took place Sept. 12 at the Patterson Fire Department grounds. bus garage, which included pur- district has since decided to find chasing a 22-acre parcel of land on Prehistoric Event Raises Funds Route 52 in Kent, was approved by Continued on Page 12 For Pediatric Cancer Research Who Should Get a Third COVID Vaccine? While COVID-19 vaccine walked that back slightly over boosters are becoming available concerns the announcement got to fully vaccinated Americans, ahead of recommendations from exactly who is eligible and when the FDA and Centers for Disease is still undecided.