Head Custodian, Tim Washenberger and the rest of the custodial staff (Scot, Gary, Galen, and Don) are really making progress on the buildings right now. New paint, fresh wax, and less lockers are making the high school building look amazing. We hope the students will like the new look and functionality of the high school building. The gym looks amazing as we approach the final days of the wait time for the finish to harden. The temperature and humidity have been stifling in the building but the guys have dealt with it and made all of the building look great.
Mr. Mower is in the process of installing new computers in the high school computer room. New computers and increased bandwidth should help students find information more quickly for all of their projects.
We have started our big summer projects over that last few days, as well. Carpet has been put in the middle school classrooms, by Lance Stuwe and his crew, to help with the acoustics in each of those rooms. The carpet looks great and it seems like it is going to be very functional for us.
Those of you who have driven by the school in the last few days may also have noticed that we have started work on our parking lot that was in pretty bad shape. Over the next few weeks Lien Construction will be milling, shaping and chip sealing the parking lot so that we are ready for the first day of school and all of the events that we host.
Another project that we hope will help visitors to our school is the remodeling of the old Elementary Principal's office into a Welcome center for visitors. Mrs Heinz will be stationed in the center and will be able to greet visitors as they enter the elementary portion of the building.
Our final addition for this year will take care of communication issues on many levels. We will be replacing our dated phone system and will be putting phones in all classrooms. All phones will be voice mail ready so that parents can contact teachers directly or at least leave them a voice mail. We hope this will also help our teachers communicate with their parents even more efficiently. But don't worry, the phones will still be answered by staff and not an automated system.
