Builders play catch up with North Jackson

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February 13, 2009

By AMBER DILLEY The Glasgow Daily Times Fri Feb 13, 2009, 02:28 PM CST

GLASGOW — Despite the recent ice storm, construction on North Jackson Elementary is only slightly behind schedule, according to Jim Ivy, with RBS Design, contractor for the school.

Because recent weather was less than perfect, construction is a little behind, but not much, he said.

“If you’ve been at the job site, you’ve noticed that anywhere there’s a truss up, there’s infrastructure hanging off those trusses,” Ivy said. “We’re trying to stay as far ahead as we can. The weather has been a deterrent, but there seems to be some clear weather in sight, so we hope to catch up some time that was lost. Things are progressing as well as they can progress at this point.”

The classroom portions of the school are ahead of the rest of the building, according to Darrell Wheeler, construction manager.

“We’re still confident that it’s going to be ready,” Wheeler said. “The roof starts on Monday; we’re going to start putting covers on the windows so we can really start on the inside of the classroom wings.”

“It’s obvious to me that there’s a lot of work going on there regardless of the weather,” said superintendent Jerry Ralston. “There’s a lot of effort going into this.”

The interior colors will be selected soon, Ivy said.

“It’s going to be a very colorful school inside,” he said.

The school will also soon be very full of students, if recent open enrollment numbers are any indicator.

North Jackson Elementary held open enrollment last week at the Glasgow Country Club and Ralston was very pleased at the turnout.

“We were concerned about what kind of enrollment we were going to get because no one really knew what to expect,” Ralston said. “We ended up with over 170 students that are enrolled now. We were really excited about North Jackson being the viable school that we know it can be.”

Getting those students to the school will be the next issue to tackle.

Bud Tarry, transportation director, said whether or not to grandfather in old routes will depend on funds the district is willing to spend.

If Tarry has to map out new routes for the district, he will need three buses to cover the route, which will cost $60,000 plus $7,000 extra in fuel.

If old routes are kept, only one extra bus will be needed, Tarry said.

The board decided it would have to sit down with all the maps and routes and figure out what would be best.

The school and all its routes will need to be ready for students by Aug. 11, according to Bo Matthews, director of pupil personnel.

And they will be entering an educational facility the whole town can be proud of, according to Ivy.

“Every time I drive down that hill it’s just an awesome sight,” he said. “It’s going to make a very nice presence in the community.”

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