Construction Update

Contrary to rumors in the community, construction is moving at a pace that will enable us to open school as scheduled.

At Washington Elementary, 80% of the drywall is up. Many of those walls have been mudded, painted, and covered with vinyl. The rough-in plumbing is completed. Ceiling grids are scheduled to be installed next week with case work and carpeting to follow. Tile is being installed in the cafeteria as of this writing. Plumbing and electrical hook-ups in the kitchen area will be completed this week. The clean-up and sanitizing of the kitchen area will follow shortly thereafter. The project is expected to be ready for the opening of school.

At Lincoln Junior High, the music and choir room are 95% completed. We are awaiting the delivery of lockers for the locker room. The kitchen hook-ups will be completed this week. The rough-in plumbing in the nurses office has been completed. The construction of the new walls in that area has begun. Sanitation and clean-up of all areas will be completed by the end of next week. The installation of the tile in the cafeteria area will be completed today. All areas are scheduled to be completed for the opening of school.

At Webster Elementary, the Fritz tile is being installed this week. Final clean-up begins next week. The addition is scheduled to be ready for opening day.

At Plymouth High School, the outside work on the music wing is nearing completion. All rooms have had the block filler applied. Two of the rooms have received a final coat of paint. Installation of ceiling grid began today. Casework stored in the hallways will be moved to the music rooms next week. The rooms will not be available on opening day; they will become available one at a time with the total wing available no later than October 1st. Mr. Tobias had anticipated this problem and has worked on an alternative room schedule. During the next week, sidewalks around the music wing will be installed. Part of the north parking lot will be undergoing asphalt repairs and sealing next week.

At Menominee Elementary, carpet in the new music room and vinyl floor covering in the science lab will be installed next week. Lockers are to be delivered August 8th. The wall coverings are to be installed next week. All inside work at Menominee is scheduled to be completed prior to the beginning of school. The addition to the parking lot will take place after the beginning of the school year.

At Jefferson Elementary, the floor covering in the current Kindergarten and first grade rooms will be installed next week. Mrs. Holloway’s first grade room will have no windows during the coming year, the old windows were blocked in and became part of the wall for the new addition. When the project is completed, there will be new windows in the west wall of the room. The relocation of utilities has been completed. The building pad is in place. The installation of footers and foundation walls will begin next week.

At the new elementary school, all the exterior footers and foundation walls have been completed in Section A. The masons are building the exterior walls. They have started in the northeast corner and will work toward the southwest. The installation of the water line has begun.

The northeast parking lot at Plymouth High School will be unavailable due to construction the week of August 1st.