Trigg County school board members approved a change order Thursday night for the intermediate school renovation project concerning the roof over certain areas of the school.
Andrew Owens, an architect from Sherman Carter Barnhart, told board members at a May 13th special meeting that 11-percent of the roof at the school contained wet insulation due to a roof leak. He added most of this is located in the former kindergarten kingdom and the media center. The roof was not part of the $760,000 roof replacement project at the main school building in 2014 and is now over 30 years old.
The change order shows there will be a selective replacement of insulation and installation of roofing over existing in certain sections. It also includes tearing off the existing roof and installing minimum R-25 tapered roof insulation at 1/8” per foot in the moisture-damaged areas. The change order comes at a cost of $68,345 and was approved by a 4-0 vote, with board member Clara Beth Hyde absent from the meeting.
Additionally, the board decided what signage will surround a new LED message board that will be on the east side of the new elementary gym and will be seen by those that look west. The board learned during Thursday night’s meeting the changes they would like to make would not cost them any additional money since there was an overbid for lockers for the building. The back-lit aluminum sign will say the words ‘Trigg County’ and feature a paw print with the letters ‘TC’ inside of it. The sign is four-by-seven-and-a-half feet in length and the design comes after board members Charlene Sheehan and Theresa Allen suggested involving the school’s principals on input for the sign.
In other action, the board approved a new position for a Permanent Food Service Substitute. James Mangels, Director of Personnel and Student Services, says the position is badly needed.
Board members also approved the first reading of changes to the 2020-21 Code of Conduct for the school district. The changes reflect some recent staff changes, including adding Superintendent Bill Thorpe’s name to the document and changing the severity of some offenses.