Dear Students, Staff, and Parents,
Due to delays in construction at the Princeville
High School, the Board of Education has modified this year’s school calendar. School
will now start for students on Tuesday, September 8th. Moving the
start of school back two weeks necessitated changes to the rest of the school
calendar as well. Basically, we took 2 days from Winter Break and 3 days from
Spring Break. We then added an additional 5 days to the end of the year. We
also needed to modify the end of quarter dates, a few early out dates, teacher
institute dates, and parent/teacher conference dates.
There are a few issues that made beginning
school as originally scheduled impossible:
- Power Lines: The power lines running between the
baseball field and the “new” gym are too close to the construction site.
The Board is still looking at an economical solution to this problem, but
some of the solutions originally considered could increase the cost of the
solution considerably if school is in session (renting a generator large
enough to run the entire school while construction is completed). We may
have found a workaround to this problem and will know more by Tuesday’s
Board Meeting.
- Front entrance and band corridor doors: These doors
will not be completed until (best case scenario), August 29th. Without
these doors, there would not be a secure entrance, and most importantly, a
viable fire exit.
- Emergency lighting: Some of the emergency lighting
fixtures are currently on back order and, without those lights, pose a
significant safety issue.
- Science casework: The casework
(cabinets/tables/countertops) will not be delivered until the end of
August. Once delivered, the furniture would need to be installed and the
plumber/electrician will need time to install water/electrical
connections.
We have had some “interesting” weather that has
delayed some of our outside utility and site work, along with some unforeseen
sewer issues. However, overall, the construction process has gone fairly
smoothly. We are very disappointed that we won’t be able to start school as
scheduled, but we want to ensure that our scheduled renovation is as complete
as possible, the buildings are appropriately cleaned/waxed, and, most
importantly, our buildings are safe.
We apologize for any inconvenience the change in
our start date has posed, but when everyone realizes all the work that was
accomplished this summer, I think all will agree that it was worth it!
A copy of the new District Calendar is attached.
We hope to have the online calendar updated by the end of the week (www.princeville326.org). Please
review the new calendar prior to scheduling vacations and keep in mind that we
may need to utilize emergency days (snow days) which could push the end date to
as late as June 17th. We have also posted this letter, along with a copy of the
new District Calendar (2nd and 3rd page).
Thank you.
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