Demolition contract for Cafferata Elementary approved
Honc Destruction, Inc. has been awarded the contract for the demolition of Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Elementary School.
The contract approved Tuesday by the Lee County School Board was for $294,444 and will be paid for from Hurricane Ian funds.
The demolition of the 77,249-square-foot, two story-building was necessitated by damage from Hurricane Ian.
Hector A. Cafferata was one of the three schools that were part of staging schools across the district in the mid-2000s due to the rapid student growth. The district purchased a prefabricated modular concept design to build Hector A. Cafferata, which became a permanent campus during a funding shortfall.
Ian left a significant amount of damage behind at Hector A. Cafferata — extensive roof issues, which came off very early in the storm. With the roof gone, there was water infiltration into the building and soaked the second and first floors.
With the damage, a temporary campus was erected on adjacent Cape Coral Technical College property.
The school board approved a new K-8 school in 2023 on vacant property at 214 N.W. 20th Ave., in Cape Coral.
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