The parts of an ongoing effort to renovate Corry Area Middle-High School are well-oiled and moving swiftly.
Mike Munsee, director of buildings and grounds, took some school board members and staff on a tour of the renovation areas on Monday.
Redoing a couple of the bathrooms at Corry Area Middle-High School is part of a larger renovation plan. Above is a boy’s bathroom has gotten new tiling and lights.
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The over $20 million renovation is scheduled to be completed in June of 2024. Munsee explained that the renovation has been broken up into phases as part of a strategy to minimize disruption to the school’s traffic flow and everyday operations.
Phase three is about 80% complete, according to Munsee, who estimates the crew will move into the next phase at the beginning of April.
Up to this point, a section of the school has had HVAC duct work and hot water piping installed, along with new ceiling grid and tiles, LED lighting and ceilings lowered to fit the new overhead created by the systems.
Two of the bathrooms are also being renovated as part of this phase.
The same scope of work is completed in each phase, just in different sectioned-off areas of the school.
Munsee said this upcoming phase may prove to be the most challenging as it will cut off traffic flow through the library.
Board members Jason Halfast, left, Justin Amy and Jon Maker look up at the duct work being completed during the renovation at the middle-high school.
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Board member Bill Nichols asked why this work couldn’t be completed in the summer when it would be less disruptive to the flow of traffic. Munsee said…