The East Allen County School District is looking at ways to keep its students safe.
School board leaders went through projects in a recent feasibility study, but say many projects will rely on the ongoing pandemic, and uncertainty is high with the 2021 school year.
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Tonight... east allen county schools looking at ways to keep its students safe.school board leaders went through projects in a recent feasibility study..but say many projects will rely on the ongoing pandemic.fox 55s chris mullooly joins us live in fort wayne.chris..
What's the price the study has for all safety projects??hunter its up to 85 million.more than a third of thay is repairing roofs in almost all the schools in the district.board members say whats going to make this harder to do... is the constant uncertainty of the 2021 school year.
"that we do have buildings that are safe for our students "its the main concern for kirby stahly and the rest of the east allen county school districtstahly... the assistant.
Superintendent of administrative services says a study done recently put in to focus the maintenance of the 17 schools in the district... and covid 19 is making it even more important students return to a safe environment.our slogan is dream it do it so we want students to dream the opportunities they have in coming to east allenthe board met tuesday night to go over a feasability study..the study showcased a need for repairs to infrastructure in many of the districts schools..
Totalling tens of millions of dollars.things lookinga at is a long term roofing plan 20 year roofing plan hvac mechanical systems for air conditioninga main problem brought up to many members is air quality in certain buildings.its something the board says they are making a top priority...when we start to look at newest buildings people think about prince chapman cedarville these are new but theyre over 20 years oldbut uncertainty grows when looking at the effect the pandemic will have on other repairs.stahly says attendance growth has been increasing... and plans to continue to increase as more housing developments pop up in the district.he says next year's attendance could change drastically depending on the number of students homeschooled..but says he and the staff are making sure they'll have a safety plan in place for everyone who returns right now its looking at how is east allen addressing the cocnerns parents have students have parents have and returning 3 and returning parents have students have parents have cocnerns parents have students have parents have and returning
