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BROOKFIELD -- The school district's bus garage, with sections that are 80 years old, is being reviewed by officials after its metal roof was damaged last spring by a severe storm.
Schools Superintendent Toby Gibson said the garage is used for storing of buses but the board of education is deciding whether it should be repaired or replaced.
The strong wind storm last spring ripped off part of the metal roof. Gibson said temporary repairs have been made.
Officials are reviewing costs involved in replacing the roof or repairing it further.
"We are seeing what is the best course to take to make improvements," he said.
Gibson said the bus garage, which was built in the 1940s and has had some additions since the 1950s, was examined in 2020 by a contractor. The 1940s section is in disrepair and rotting, school officials said.
At that time, officials said the crumbling block wall in the bus bays need to be removed.
School officials in recent years have discussed constructing a new garage with bays and a concrete floor, or tearing down the old garage and adding new bays to an adjacent pole barn.
The district, in the 1980s, built a steel pole barn near the bus garage to house more buses, which have gotten longer over the years.
In other discussion, Gibson said remediation work on the middle school floor is nearing completion with the public invited to an open house 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
He said the uneven floors will be fixed after more than 10 years because of the shale under the floors expanding and causing cracking and movement.
Also, the board created the new position of school community liaison.
Gibson said the liaison, who has not yet been named, would work with students and their families with issues such as fillingout needed forms, assisting students with getting involved in school activities and programs, and providing information on available services.
Also the board:
• Approved updating the school grading scale policy to be in line with the majority of other school districts that give 90 to 100 percent as A, and 80 to 89 is a B. Gibson said more than half of the county's districts use this scale:
• Entered into an agreement with Trumbull County Educational Service Center at $905,746 for special education and other services for the district.