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Study: sheldon high school Gary delaware school district urls school viking cooking school buildings in bad shape
August 6, 2008
BY SHARLONDA L. mary help for christians school WATERHOUSE Post-Tribune staff writer
GARY -- A recently completed analysis of the Gary Community School Corp.'s operating and closed school sites showed most buildings to be ohio school closings because of weather in poor or inadequate condition.
A consortium consisting of Fanning Howey, the Skillman Corp., and Pruitt Construction presented a preliminary summary of a building assessment and feasibility study that is nearing final publication at Tuesday's building, grounds, and maintenance committee hearing.
The group spent the summer analyzing the interior, exterior, roofing, mechanical and electrical systems, technology, and educational adequacy of 41 open and closed Gary Schools.
Eight elementary school science fair projects school buildings and the administration center were found to inadequate and in need of replacement. That means they had major structural and/or safety problems and are beyond repair. Those buildings are Spaulding Elementary, Melton michigan high school wrestling Elementary, Nobel Elementary, McCullough Elementary (the site of the Girls Academy), Ivanhoe Elementary, Pyle Elementary, Chase, and the Horace andrew jackson high school Mann building.
The consortium found zero schools to be in excellent condition. Not even the fairly new Williams, Marquette , and Glen Park Academy buildings --three elementary schools just built in 2005.
Gary School Board Member Michael Scott expressed shock at that social studies school service downgrade: "I fail to see how those buildings are not in excellent condition."
Architect Scott Winchester said those schools suffer from mild structure concerns, such as leaky roofing. They were instead listed in "very good" condition.
At least new school eight school sites were listed in fair beauty school teacher condition, meaning they need partial building replacement: Beveridge, Watson Boys Academy, Jefferson Elementary School, Kennedy King (the new site for Emerson Visual boerne independent school district and Performing Arts students), Lincoln, Tolleston (home for the Gifted and Talented students), Roosevelt, and the Gary Area Career Center.
But the majority of the district school buildings -- 21 --were found to be poor condition, suggesting that they need a complete building and mechanical system replacement to overcome safety and environmental hazards and that they were inadequate to handle future curriculum needs.
Some "poor" buildings include: Aetna , Banneker, Lew Wallace, West Side, york high school jamaica and Wirt.
Winchester nanakuli high school said it's possible to do enough repairs on a poor building, however, to get it in excellent shape.
Gary Schools Superintendent Mary Steele-Agee said she's feels "confident" to have "very rich data" that will allow the corporation to determine which schools to close.
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