Media Contact: Macfarlan -- 343-9431
For Immediate Release: April 24, 1969

The award of a $968,000 contract to remodel and expand the existing Kyle School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota was announced today by tie Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Existing facilities will be remodeled and anew addition will be constructed to provide multipurpose, administrative, and instructional materials spaces, 12 new classrooms, a kitchen, and two locker rooms, together with utilities, paving, and adjunct facilities.

When completed, the project will provide complete elementary school facilities for approximately 360 children in the area. The low successful bidder was Rapid Plumbing Co., of Rapid City, S. D. Three higher bids ranging from $998,600 to $1,098,500 were received.