Springfield Township School District OKs contract for high school gym renovations

By Mark D. Marotta 21st Century Media News Service

The board approved the vendor in a vote March 18 at the districts school board meeting.

The meeting agenda indicated the project would include installation, sanding and finishing a new wood gym floor; modifications to bleachers, partition door and wall mats; new volleyball standards and basketball backboards; and wrestling mat mover.

According to a list of long-term capital projects for 2013-14 in the minutes from the boards property committee meeting in November, because the current gym floor was rubber, kids slip and water under [the] floor causes [the] floor to buckle, which is a safety hazard.

Before the board vote, Vice President Gretchen Slapinsky said the property committee had met earlier in the day and saw preliminary design sketches for the gymnasium renovation project, and the administration would finalize them.

This proposal is in line with the numbers we were talking about, Slapinsky said.

Board member Holly Kisailus asked for explanations of various aspects of the renovation project. Slapinsky replied that the bleachers had to be moved for the floor to be worked on.

As for the wall mats, Craig Thorne, the districts director of operations, explained that they needed to be remounted because the floor was being raised by 2 1/2 inches. He also said the existing volleyball standards were portable and had caused damage in the past, and the basketball backboards are outdated and needed to be replaced.

During her property committee report, Slapinsky reported that there had been discussion about the bus garage, where an investigation into contamination was ongoing. She added that the district hoped the related costs would be covered by insurance.

Also, Slapinsky said that the district had been in touch with the township about a possible stormwater management project on the site and what the potential implications might be for investigating the contamination. Continued...

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Springfield Township School District OKs contract for high school gym renovations