19 buildings fixed up during summer

By CANDY BROOKS

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Published: August 21, 2008
Edition: Worthington
Section: News
Page: 01A



From ceilings to roofs, from boilers to air conditioners, Worthington's 19 school buildings were updated and improved over the summer. Capital improvements were made in nearly every school, paid for with approximately $4-million of the $18,750,000 approved by voters for building repairs and improvements three years ago. This was the second year of a five-year improvements program to be funded with the money.

District facilities manager Tim Gehring said he is pleased with the work done this summer.

"All projects will be complete before the start of school, except for the Kilbourne (high school) track," he said. "We had a very productive summer."

A new roof was put on Evening Street Elementary School. Also receiving roofs were the guidance center addition at Thomas Worthington High School and the Dow Nelson Field House at that high school.

Some of the most noticeable changes for students and teachers will be the new floors in the corridors at McCord Middle School and in corridors and classrooms at Granby, Worthington Park, and Bluffsview elementary schools. Most of the first floor at Worthington Kilbourne also received new floors.

Students and staff at Wilson Hill Elementary should also notice the new ceilings and corridor lighting. The office at the school also got a new air conditioning system.

The new track is not complete at Kilbourne High School, but new tennis courts were completed this summer.

There are also new lockers and team benches at Perry and Worthingway middle schools.

Playgrounds were repaved at Sutter Park preschool, Evening Street and Granby elementary schools, and at Perry Middle School.

Thomas Worthington received many upgrades and changes, including an expanded north parking lot and theatre workshop space. Those improvements were paid for with money from the sale of the Packard Annex to the city of Worthington.

Many of the improvements throughout the district are the ones that cannot be seen, but will be felt by students and staff.

Sutter Park and Slate Hill elementary schools received new air conditioners, and new boilers were installed at Colonial Hills and Worthington Hills elementary schools and at McCord Middle School. Linworth Alternative School also received heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements.




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