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The INDEPENDENT, August 21,1996
Flood damage at Vernonia schools not completely repaired yet
Vernonia students attend
ing Washington Grade School
will find that all facilities dam
aged by the February flood
have been put back in shape.
Work has been completed in
all areas of the basement, in
cluding the cafeteria, which
will be open as usual for
breakfast and lunch. It is also
possible that a temporary
classroom will be placed in
the basement to relieve over
crowding.
Vernonia High School stu
dents won’t be quite so lucky,
though some areas will be
ready when classes resume.
The new floor in the gym
nasium has been laid and the
striping has been done, but it
won’t be quite ready when
school starts Sept. 3 because
the paint used for the striping
will need several more days
of curing time. The gym will
be ready for use on Monday,
Sept. 9. The boys' and girls’
locker rooms, and the blea
chers are ready for use.
The Band room, Home
Economics room and Room
10 will be nearly ready, with
new paint and flooring, but
the cabinets won”t be in
stalled. The company that
was awarded the first contract
for the cabinets in those
rooms, declared bankruptcy,
so a new contract had to be
negotiated, delaying comple
tion until Sept. 16. There, will
also be new appliances in the
Home Ec rooms.
Carpet will be installed in
the Band Room and Room
10; vinyl tile will be laid in the
Home Ec room.
Outside of the main build
ing, the commons room will
be used for satellite and com
puter instruction classes
when school opens. Those
classes will be moved to the
main building when more
classrooms are ready. The
commons will also be carpet
ed.
replace the rotting pole cur
The shop will be usable as
rently in use, plus new under
a classroom when school
ground cable and a different,
opens, also, though students
safer, location for the trans
will not be able to use power
former, which is presently
tools for about a month.
placed inside the building.
Dark blue carpeting is
planned for throughout the
Another problem awating
school, including the hall
determination by FEMA is re
ways, with the exception of
placement or repair of the
the Home Ec and Science
school’s three-room modular
rooms. Three colors of vinyl
tile - dark blue, off white and
a light brown similar to the ex
Vernonia High School stu
isting paneling - will complete
dents will find a different pro
those two rooms.
cedure
for scheduling classes
Exposed areas of the cabi
when they return Sept. 3 for
nets - doors, fronts, etc. - will
the 1996 fall semester. Stu
be honey maple laminate,
dents will handle their own
with off-white counter tops.
scheduling,
by working with
To complete the blue, off-
the teachers offering the
white and light brown color
classes, instead of having it
scheme, a dark blue paint will
done by computer.
be used on the lower walls,
Called “arena scheduling’’,
with off-white above.
the system has each teacher
Outside the school, the
seated at a table with a list of
grandstand has been re
paired and the field lights are
working.
The greatest problem fac
ing completion of flood re
pairs is the school electrical
system, which has deteriorat
There will be some new
ed far beyond expectations,
faces at Vernonia schools for
according to project manager
the 1996-97 year and some
Dave McKay.
familiar faces will be gone.
“We must rewire the whole
Two teachers, Ron Rem
building,” McKay explained,
sen and Sharon Williams,
“and, though we have verbal
have retired. Others who will
agreement from FEMA, we
not return are Gene Spencer,
can’t move forward until we
Greg Buchan, Randy Dalzell,
receive a letter of determina
Jason Nice, Bryan Orton and
tion."
Dan Foss.
Rewiring will have to in
New teachers at Vernonia
clude new electrical distribu
High School will include Sheri
tion panels because there are
Antley in Advanced Math, Jill
no longer replacement parts
Griffin, Career Ed, and Kristi
available for the existing 45-
Hickox, Alternative Ed.
year-old panels. Breaker pan
Washington Grade School
els throughout the school
will add Joan Jones for
must also be replaced be
grades 5/6 and Kathy Kuskie,
cause of corrosion due to the
7-8 science.
high humidity created by
Splitting time between
flood-soaked walls and other
VHS and WGS will be Span
materials.
ish teacher Robert Bruce.
Electrical repairs will also
have to include a new pole to
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classes that he or she con
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for the classes they need and
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Some new faces will be at
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fall term starts.
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the high school, and Janos
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Amy Petti will also join the
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