By Charla Wurm-Adams
cwurm@wbcowqel.com
Buildings, both the tearing down and construction of, topped the list of items for Monday’s Colonel Crawford Board of Education meeting.
With vacated buildings at North Robinson, Sulphur Springs and Whetstone currently going through the asbestos abatement process, Superintendent Todd Martin and the board turned their attention tearing them down and building the new high school wing which should be ready by the start of school next year.
“We anticipate Sulfur Springs being done before November to where they can start demolition. A group called Russ James, out of Zanesville was awarded the contract tonight for all three buildings. He’ll tear down Sulfur Springs first, it should be done before Christmas, that’s the game plan then go into Whetstone, which shouldn’t be too big of project for him,” Martin said. “Then finish up probably through the winter months getting the North Robinson Intermediate down and they’ll be seeded in the spring and those pieces will finally come to conclusion.”
The contract for the demolition of those buildings came in at $205,000.
Jen Fuller of Fanning-Howie also talked to the board about the new high school wing.
“She (Fuller) talked about when the project will begin to add the new wing,” Martin said. “Bids will go out November and we will award end of December and it should start in January.”
There was also some discussion regarding duel enrollment classes in the district.
“We do duel enrollment classes of psychology, sociology, physics, statistics and calculus we offer here at Colonel Crawford,” Martin said. “The benefit is our kids can get college credit that transfers and they don’t have to travel, so they are not on the roads and they are getting duel enrollment. They are getting high school credit for graduation and college credit towards their post-secondary life.”
The school board also approved a contract with the Colonel Crawford Education Association retroactive to July 1 which will be in effect through June 30, 2016.