Return to the middle school building begins this week (Meade School District) It has been one year since the three feet of snow dumped on the area by Storm Atlas caused parts of Sturgis Williams Middle School’s roof to collapse, forcing closure of the school and relocation of 472 students for the remainder of that school year. Beginning Oct. 14, all students and staff will be together under one (reconstructed) roof. The move back to the school will take place beginning Friday Oct. 10. Since there is no school on Monday, Oct. 13, for Native Americans’ Day, staff will be able to use that day to settle in, if needed. “Throughout this entire process, TSP Architects, Iverson Construction, Ainsworth-Benning Construction and all the subcontractors have met all our expectations,” said Superintendent Don Kirkegaard. “We are also very appreciative of the support we have received from the patrons of our school district and the many people throughout the state.” Last year the eighth-graders attended classes at the high school, the seventh-graders were at the Catholic Church while the sixth-graders were moved to the Williams Administrative Building. Since the start of school this year, the seventh and eighth grade students had been occupying classrooms off the middle school’s west corridor, an area not impacted by last year’s blizzard, and the sixth-graders continued attending classes on the second floor of the Williams Administra-tive Building. For the past year, the middle school’s administrative office has also been located in the Williams Administrative Building. “It will be like going home,” said Principal Lon Harter about the move back to the school, “except it will be a nice, new home.” For security purposes, the middle school office has been relocated to the front entrance of the building and now all visitors, including parents, will enter the school through the office. All other doors will remain locked. A public open house at the middle school will be held sometime in November.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 22:09:50 +0000
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