WCS Signs Contracts For Four Roof Projects
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Warsaw Schools Director of Maintenance Greg Schroeder said summer is when Warsaw does its roof projects. The roofs to be renovated this year are at Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison and Washington schools.[[In-content Ad]]The projects were bidded out separately, as well as combined. The lowest and accepted bid was from Morris & Sons, Bourbon, for $346,200. Two other combined bids were from Slatile, South Bend, for $360,186, and Lawmasters, Elkhart, for $449,671. A fourth company, CMS Roofing, Fort Wayne, did not bid on the combined package. The bid opening was Friday.
"We're real pleased with the way the bids came in," said Schroeder upon recommending Morris & Sons.
The roofs at Lincoln, Madison and Washington were scheduled for renovation in 2007. The process involves removing the gravel, application of a resataurant and new gravel. Minor repairs also are made during the process.
The roof at Jefferson was installed in 1986 and is at the end of its life cycle, according to Schroeder. The type of roof on Jefferson can not be renovated like the others and must be replaced.
Superintendent Dr. Robert Haworth said with a possible building project that might include replacing the roof on Jefferson, some people might ask why the roof on Jefferson might be bidded out now. The simple answer is the building project and its scope is still in the preliminary stages.
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott said that Warsaw has a $50,000 deductible on its insurance. If the roof fails, Warsaw would have to spend the money anyway on fixing the roof then as it would to just renovate it now.
At the end of the 2003-04 school year, Atwood, Silver Lake and Claypool elementary schools were closed. Since then, students at those schools have been transported to other schools, causing overcrowding.
The school board interviewed five architectural firms July 19-20. On Aug. 23, the board chose Kovert Hawkins, Jeffersonville.
Kovert Hawkins developed three options, with the school board eventually choosing Option A that maintains the sixth grade in each of the elementary schools. Option A also includes building new Madison and Leesburg schools and renovating and expanding the other elementaries. Option B was to move the sixth grade into the middle schools, and Option C was to build an academy just for the sixth grade.
School board member Chuck Sauders said his question was why they were going to spend about $100,000 for a new Madison roof if a new Madison School may be built under the building project.
Haworth said his hope is that Warsaw Schools could use the old Madison for something like the Alternative Learning Center. "I think we're still going to use that building," said Haworth.
Delores Hearn, school board member, asked how the bids came out compared to what was budgeted.
"Favorably," said Scott. He said it came slightly under what was budgeted.
The school board also granted an easement to the town of Leesburg for a sewage grinding pump. Leesburg is installing a public sanitary sewer in the town. The project requires property owners, including Warsaw Schools, to grant utility easements for lines and grinder pumps to be installed.
The easements are necessary for the town to legally install and maintain a grinder pump on the property. Warsaw Schools still retains ownership of the property, Schroeder said, but can not build on it.
Schroeder also said school board attorney Max Reed reviewed the easement documents and is content with them.
In other business, the school board:
n Approved two change orders for the Warsaw Community High School project for a net decrease of $5,455.07.
n Accepted a $500 donation from Curt and Christy Singrey to the Gifted and Talented program. Deb Blatz, program coordinator, said the money will be used to send students to gifted and talented camps in the area.
n Accepted a donation from Maple Leaf Farms to the Warsaw Community High School Choral Department. The donation will be used for obtaining props, costumes and other equipment and enhancements.
n Heard from Haworth that as of April 11, Warsaw Schools has 7,039 students, an increase of 246 students from this time last year.
n Heard a report on the English as a Second Language Homework Club at Harrison Elementary School from ESL director Wendy Long and fourth-grade teachers Rick Glass and Judy Kinsey.
n Heard a report on the K-12 Curriculum Committee from Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sandra Weaver. Thirty-eight staff members are on the committee that has met twice.
Warsaw Schools Director of Maintenance Greg Schroeder said summer is when Warsaw does its roof projects. The roofs to be renovated this year are at Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison and Washington schools.[[In-content Ad]]The projects were bidded out separately, as well as combined. The lowest and accepted bid was from Morris & Sons, Bourbon, for $346,200. Two other combined bids were from Slatile, South Bend, for $360,186, and Lawmasters, Elkhart, for $449,671. A fourth company, CMS Roofing, Fort Wayne, did not bid on the combined package. The bid opening was Friday.
"We're real pleased with the way the bids came in," said Schroeder upon recommending Morris & Sons.
The roofs at Lincoln, Madison and Washington were scheduled for renovation in 2007. The process involves removing the gravel, application of a resataurant and new gravel. Minor repairs also are made during the process.
The roof at Jefferson was installed in 1986 and is at the end of its life cycle, according to Schroeder. The type of roof on Jefferson can not be renovated like the others and must be replaced.
Superintendent Dr. Robert Haworth said with a possible building project that might include replacing the roof on Jefferson, some people might ask why the roof on Jefferson might be bidded out now. The simple answer is the building project and its scope is still in the preliminary stages.
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott said that Warsaw has a $50,000 deductible on its insurance. If the roof fails, Warsaw would have to spend the money anyway on fixing the roof then as it would to just renovate it now.
At the end of the 2003-04 school year, Atwood, Silver Lake and Claypool elementary schools were closed. Since then, students at those schools have been transported to other schools, causing overcrowding.
The school board interviewed five architectural firms July 19-20. On Aug. 23, the board chose Kovert Hawkins, Jeffersonville.
Kovert Hawkins developed three options, with the school board eventually choosing Option A that maintains the sixth grade in each of the elementary schools. Option A also includes building new Madison and Leesburg schools and renovating and expanding the other elementaries. Option B was to move the sixth grade into the middle schools, and Option C was to build an academy just for the sixth grade.
School board member Chuck Sauders said his question was why they were going to spend about $100,000 for a new Madison roof if a new Madison School may be built under the building project.
Haworth said his hope is that Warsaw Schools could use the old Madison for something like the Alternative Learning Center. "I think we're still going to use that building," said Haworth.
Delores Hearn, school board member, asked how the bids came out compared to what was budgeted.
"Favorably," said Scott. He said it came slightly under what was budgeted.
The school board also granted an easement to the town of Leesburg for a sewage grinding pump. Leesburg is installing a public sanitary sewer in the town. The project requires property owners, including Warsaw Schools, to grant utility easements for lines and grinder pumps to be installed.
The easements are necessary for the town to legally install and maintain a grinder pump on the property. Warsaw Schools still retains ownership of the property, Schroeder said, but can not build on it.
Schroeder also said school board attorney Max Reed reviewed the easement documents and is content with them.
In other business, the school board:
n Approved two change orders for the Warsaw Community High School project for a net decrease of $5,455.07.
n Accepted a $500 donation from Curt and Christy Singrey to the Gifted and Talented program. Deb Blatz, program coordinator, said the money will be used to send students to gifted and talented camps in the area.
n Accepted a donation from Maple Leaf Farms to the Warsaw Community High School Choral Department. The donation will be used for obtaining props, costumes and other equipment and enhancements.
n Heard from Haworth that as of April 11, Warsaw Schools has 7,039 students, an increase of 246 students from this time last year.
n Heard a report on the English as a Second Language Homework Club at Harrison Elementary School from ESL director Wendy Long and fourth-grade teachers Rick Glass and Judy Kinsey.
n Heard a report on the K-12 Curriculum Committee from Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sandra Weaver. Thirty-eight staff members are on the committee that has met twice.
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