Representatives from the architecture and engineering firm Fanning Howey returned to North Judson-San Pierre this week to conduct an informal facility assessment via some “walk-throughs”.
When the school board met last week Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin reminded members that the firm was utilized with the capital projects that were recently completed and noted that officials were very pleased with their services.
She explained that Fanning Howey crews will be assisting NJ-SP once again to help determine what the next step should be in regards to school improvements.
Dr. Zupin shared, “We know that the elementary needs some upgrades; I want to know: should we be keeping the elementary and spending money on that or should we be thinking of the middle school? I don’t have the expertise on that and as we start to plan, we need to have their opinions.”
She went onto mention some of the things that Fanning Howey reps would be looking for as they assess the elementary and middle school buildings as well as the bus garage and some of the athletic structures such as ticket booths.
Superintendent Zupin told members, “All they’re going to do is walk through and look at some the things, the plumbing, the rooms, everything and let us know what they believe are some options for us.”
She noted that she’ll have a report in May about what they find.
Dr. Zupin emphasized that this assessment is being done proactively. She indicated that nothing will take place right away since the school corporation still has about two years before their lease is up and they can begin another project.
