SOUTHWICK – Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional Schools Superintendent John Barry updated the School Committee last night on the campus construction progress.
He said Woodland Elementary School renovations are moving along rapidly and they should be completed ahead of schedule.
“Woodland will mostly be done at the end of the summer,” Barry said.
Work in what will be the preschool, music and guidance wing is almost done, and Owner’s Project Manager PDS wants to move the guidance department in and work in the other wing.
“Abatement has been done and electrical and plumbing have been roughed in,” Barry said. “When the heating season is over, they want to move music classes in the cafeteria so they can start on the auditorium.”
PDS is also considering taking down ceilings and ripping up floors in the corridors this spring while class is still in session. Barry said this would allow them to start those renovations as soon as students are out of the building for the summer.
At the high school, construction is moving along. Barry noted that during February vacation, the student parking lot will be dug up for a drainage project and would not be patched until the week after students return.
“They need to do this work so they can close out the back wing,” he said.
Barry also told the committee that the new track project came in over budget estimations.
“We always knew we might have to put a little more money into it,” he said.
Barry said the schools may need to contribute an additional $30,000.
“And the donor is also willing to increase his contribution,” Barry said, adding that the committee could take action at a future meeting.
