A joint building committee will meet Tuesday night to go over the $87 million cost for the Dover High School building project.
The price tag has caught some residents and city officials by surprise.
The Foster's Daily Democrat reports the new three-story, 304,000-square-foot school would cost about $87 million and take almost three years to finish.
Two other renovations options are on the table, each of which would cost $84 million.
Deputy Mayor Robert Carrier, who chairs the building committee, says the price estimates are a starting point that will be reduced in the coming months.
The city has budgeted $68 million to improve the 48-year-old school.
Dover High has 1,375 full- and part-time students and enrollment is projected to increase in the coming months.