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Bluebag Media
New K-8 school
on schedule thanks to mild winter weather
GREENVILLE – The mild winter has been a plus for workers on
Greenville’s new K-8th grade building project.
“A lot of aspects of the winter have been good for this kind of work,”
said Superintendent Doug Fries on Feb. 2.
The building is still scheduled to be completed by mid-November of this
year, with students moving in when they return after Christmas break,
Fries said. Fries said the board of education will be looking at
setting up a three-week holiday break schedule for the 2016-17 school
year, noting that “most schools do that when they move in during
a mid-year.”
Masons have finished up block work and have started working on laying
brick, Fries said. Also, passersby will notice steel on both the north
and south ends of the project going up. The center of the building will
house two gymnasiums, a cafeteria/kitchen area and mechanical
facilities. The kindergarten rooms will be located in the single story
portion of the north end of the building, with grades 1-4 in the
two-story portion of the north end and grades 5-8 in the two-story
portion of the south end...
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