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School: The building is ‘the proverbial albatross’
ment delivered this month to
evaluate and identify the cur-
rent condition of elements of
the middle school building,
including the exterior wall
cladding, glazing and roofs.
Building envelope com-
ponents at Broadway Middle
School are in poor to moder-
ate condition and some com-
ponents require immediate
replacement to stop active
leaks, they write. Others
require maintenance and fur-
ther assessment. A subtotal
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Broadway Middle School
had asbestos inspections per-
formed in 2016 and 2019
with no reduction in asbestos
containing building material,
Patrick Duhachek wrote.
Federal
regulations
require damaged thermal sys-
tem insulation to be cleaned
and repaired and replaced.
“Nothing has been done
since 2016,” Duhachek
wrote. “Should we even be
using this building and put-
ting children in it?”
Duhachek cited a 2013
report showing the building
had “moderate to high” col-
lapse potential.
City Councilor Randall L.
Frank, who said he was also
speaking as a private citizen,
said $4 million to $5 mil-
lion needs to be spent just to
keep the building watertight
by replacing the roof and all
west-facing windows.
The middle school build-
ing on the sales market after
the Seaside School District
moved to a new campus on
Spruce Drive, “has served
its useful life span,” Montero
said.
Montero, who acquired
school inspection records
back to 1988, said the school
district has long known that
the middle school comes
with many hazards and high
remediation costs.
The building is “the pro-
verbial albatross,” she said.
“Given the cost of remedia-
tion and the probable impos-
sibility of correcting all defi -
ciencies, is BMS, in fact, a
worthless building?”
Montero also questioned
its ability to be fi nanced and
insured. “It’s not beyond rea-
son to predict that within sev-
eral years SEPRD will decide
that the building needs to be
torn down and a new facility
built.”
This would cost more
than the $20 million bond
proposed and voted down in
2018 to expand the Sunset
Pool facility, she said.
of immediate repairs is $3.77
million. Overall totals within
the next 10 years are esti-
mated at $4.46 million.
“There are times when one
just needs to walk away from
what appears to be a dream
and not because it was a bad
idea but because it just won’t
‘pencil out,’” Frank said.
“In my opinion this does not
necessarily end the desire to
acquire the property but may
be an opportunity to regroup
and explore other ideas.”
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The state passed All Stu-
dents Belong as a health and
safety rule after a student
sent a letter to Gov. Kate
Brown in July, asking for
help.
“Banning the Confeder-
ate fl ag is far more than just
an act to please some peo-
ple,” the student wrote. “It
shows students and educa-
tors that the state of Oregon
sees them in their struggles
to be considered equal and
aiding in the fi ght against
racism.”
In response, Brown urged
educators to take action to
address the adverse impact
hate symbols and hate
speech have on students.
In a September letter
instructing superintendents
and districts to adopt poli-
cies and procedures prohib-
iting the use and display of
hate symbols, the Oregon
Department of Education
said that this student’s expe-
rience is not alone.
In the past few years, the
department has received
complaints and been made
aware of multiple incidents
involving hate symbols that
have disrupted education for
students across Oregon.
The district’s new pol-
icy applies to both in-per-
son and distance learning.
In responding to the use of
any symbols of hate, the dis-
trict will use nondisciplinary
remedial action whenever
appropriate.
At the meeting, the dis-
trict also adopted a new pro-
cedure for how staff mem-
bers, administrators and
other leadership should
proceed if they witness or
hear about a potential bias
incident.
According to Superin-
tendent Susan Penrod, staff
from all schools will be
trained on the details of both
the policy and the admin-
istrative rule, and it will be
enforced districtwide. She
also plans to present more
in-depth information to par-
ents, families and the com-
munity this month.
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Two middle school roofs receive ratings of “poor” in a report delivered to the Sunset Empire
Park and Recreation District.
Reports describe seis-
mic defi ciencies, the need for
total roof replacement and 10
areas showing positive for
asbestos.
A more comprehensive
structural evaluation is nec-
essary to fully identify all
potential seismic defi cien-
cies, the inspection report
states, to quantify the risks
associated with them, and
determine what retrofi t mea-
sures may be employed to
mitigate those risks.
The report, from the
Building Advisory Group
Inc., based in Madras, said
the 72,557-square-foot build-
ing will continue to have
ongoing roof leaks. The
report describes horizontal
and vertical cracks at the cen-
ter of the gym.
All windows should be
replaced, they write, and sev-
eral bathrooms are missing
toilets and sinks.
“Overall
this
build-
ing does have positive fea-
tures with negative issues
that should be addressed.
With any new remodeling
this property will need to be
brought up to ADA (Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act)
codes,” the report states.
A structural study deliv-
ered on Dec. 4 said that seis-
mic defi ciencies could put
portions of the building at risk
of partial collapse or pres-
ent a falling hazard during a
major seismic event, endan-
gering the safety of building
occupants.
According to a report
delivered in September by
A.W.E. Environmental, of 60
samples, 10 came back posi-
tive for asbestos in the build-
ing. The asbestos remains
encapsulated, however, and
unless it becomes exposed,
likely through demolition,
does not pose a public safety
hazard.
Walls at the older gym
were found “to be in poor
condition” Morrison Hersh-
fi eld, engineers and manag-
ers based in Portland, said
in a due diligence assess-
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The policy is arriving as
the district is nearly three
years into completing com-
prehensive work on equity.
“Embedded in our mis-
sion is the word ‘equitable,’”
said Sande Brown, director
of curriculum in Seaside.
Sande Brown will help
spearhead the effort with
assistance from two con-
sultants from the Califor-
nia-based National Equity
Project, Ana Moreno and
Tom Malarkey.
According to Sande
Brown, the district’s equity
team is taking a complex
systemic approach.
“In a system like a school
district, there are many,
many moving parts,” she
added.
Over the past few years,
the team has met with
administrators, staff mem-
bers and teachers to clarify
what equity means and iden-
tify what education would
look like if the schools were
serving students and fami-
lies equitably.
“As we move into the
building, what are the poli-
cies and procedures, as well
as the design, that we could
have in place to be equita-
ble?” Sande Brown said.
The team is also working
to fi gure out how to embed
equity into the system,
which means approaching
policy, procedure and prac-
tice through an equity lens.
“You have a series of
questions to ask yourself as
you’re planning and making
decisions for your district,”
Sande Brown explained.
Questions like, “Who does it
impact?” “Who has oppor-
tunities and who does not?”
and “Whose voices are at
the table and whose voices
are not?”
The answers to these
questions should guide the
district and everyone who
serves within it as they make
determinations about bud-
get, curriculum, instruc-
tion and building design, for
example.
Penrod is also developing
a student advisory group and
parent advisory groups to
help guide the process.
Board member Sondra
Gomez said she is grateful
to have taken part in many
of the conversations regard-
ing equity.
“It was good insight to
hear what people are feeling
currently, as well as how we
can continue to look at ways
to serve all the students in
the district,” she said.
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