Recent storms cause damage at high school, East Elem
By Trent Moore The Cullman Times
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The Cullman City School board has approved some emergency repairs to the roof of a main building at Cullman High School, which was damaged in a storm earlier this month.
An Aug. 3 thunderstorm lifted a portion of the roof of the A building off its frame, causing damage school officials want fixed as quickly as possible.
“This work needs to begin immediately for the safety of the students and for the sake of day-to-day operations,” Superintendent Dr. Jan Harris said.
The school board approved an approximately $42,000 emergency bid with Miller Roofing to replace the damaged portion of the roof at a meeting earlier this week. All the repair costs will be covered by insurance, Harris said.
Anita Overturf, facilities coordinator for the school system, said the project will only repair the damaged area. It does not included a complete re-roofing of the A building.
“This quote is to put the roof back as it was, a flat roof, in case we do want to do anything to it for future building projects,” she said. “So, this is having to do with about half the roof, from an expansion joint westward.”
Overturf said work is slated to begin Monday and will last at least a week, depending on weather conditions.
Cullman High School Principal Sheila Phillips said accommodations are already being made to relocate students while work is being done above the four affected classrooms.
“We’ll have some room in the library and we’re looking at some things to take care of that,” she said. “For example, if a teacher has coaching duties and will be out of the classroom, their rooms will likely be used for other classes.”
In addition to the roof damage, lightning from the Aug. 3 storm also hit the air conditioner unit on the new practice gym at the high school.
“They are working to get that back up right now,” Harris said. “They were waiting on a part that had to be ordered, but it should be fixed any day now.”
Over at the East Elementary School campus, a mid-day storm earlier this week caused some minor problems — knocking out the PA system, fire alarm and some campus technology.
“Our technology department has most of that up and running and we’re working with the fire department on the alarm,” Harris said. “We’ve just had an unlucky run with storms the past few weeks.”
In other business, the board:
Viewed a presentation from Cullman Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Squadron 134, Vincent Maddux, Squadron Commander and Tamara Maddux, Public Affairs Officer.
Recognized the following schools for receiving Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce 2010 Beautification Awards: Cullman City Board of Education, Cullman High School, Cullman Middle School, East Elementary School and Cullman City Primary School.
Recognized People Against a Littered State (PALS) 2010 Cullman County Clean Campus Award for Cullman City Primary School, second place in the Primary/Elementary division.
Approved July 20, 2010 minutes and August 3, 2010 minutes.
Approved July 2010 payroll of $1,726,519.91, invoices paid of $1,262.656.04 and July 2010 financial statements.
Granted permission to surplus and salvage an Esante sewing machine from the Cullman High School Family and Consumer Science department.
Granted permission to surplus and salvage an Esante sewing machine from the Cullman Middle School Family and Consumer Science department.
Granted permission to surplus and salvage small hand tools from the Cullman High School carpentry department.
Granted permission to surplus and salvage the old intercom shell (#01415), a broken TV (#000001) and textbooks no longer in use from Cullman High School.
Approved the revised organizational chart. This item was sent out to the Policy Review Committee.
Approved the revised RN/Nursing Supervisor – RN/Lead Nurse job description. This item was sent out to the Policy Review Committee.
Granted permission to correct the bid number with CDI as listed in the minutes of the August 3, 2010 board meeting under Old Business A. The bid number listed is 07-06-10-13 and the correct bid number is 07-06-10-03.
Granted permission to bid #08-17-10-01 and accept the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications for diesel and unleaded fuel for the transportation department for the 2011 fiscal year.
Approved change order #3 for the Cullman High School stadium renovation project.
Granted permission to contract with Laurie Lou Smith to provide Special Education testing services for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission to contract with Laurie Lou Smith to provide Special Education intellectual evaluations and assessments for the 2010-2011 school year.
Approved the agreement between Cullman City Head Start and the Cullman City Board of Education to assist in identifying and providing coordinating services to children with disabilities enrolled in the Head Start program for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to contract with Dr. Samuel Oliver to complete dental screenings and treatment for Head Start students who do not have Medicaid or health insurance for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to contract with Dr. Joseph Jowers to complete physical exams for Head Start students who do not have Medicaid or health insurance for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to contract with Kim Duma, CRNP of Family Medical Clinic to provide physical exams for Head Start students who do not have Medicaid or health insurance for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to contract with Dr. Rex Adams to provide dental treatment for Head Start students for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to partner with Alabama A & M University to provide speech screenings for Head Start students for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to partner with Donna Jackson, Nutritionist, to provide nutrition consultation services for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to partner with Wallace State College Dental Clinic to provide dental screenings for Head Start students for the 2010-2011 school year.
Granted permission for Cullman City Head Start to partner with the Cullman County Health Department to provide various services for Head Start families for the 2010-2011 school year.
Approved a leave of absence for Alison Schug, resource teacher at Cullman High School requests a leave of absence (FMLA) beginning February 14, 2011 – May 16, 2011.
Approved the employment of Susan Peinhardt, temporary custodian at Cullman High School, beginning August 18, 2010.
Announced the next board meeting for September 21 at 6 p.m. at the central office.
* Trent Moore can be reached by e-mail at trentm@cullmantimes.com, or by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 220.
