Jefferson Code Enforcement Officer Stanley Waltz said May 11 that work on the Jefferson Village School, to repair problems that developed or became apparent after a fire sprinkler line burst Jan. 17, has been mostly completed.
A valve that was installed to bypass the break has been removed and the sprinkler system has been inspected and approved by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Waltz said.
“The boiler room is pretty much cleaned up,” Waltz said after inspecting the building that opened to students in last September. “The water tanks we were concerned about are out of there.” He said the two 850-gallon plastic water tanks had not been approved for potable water. Issues in the kitchen have also been addressed.
“The library [is] not totally back together but is supposed to be before another two weeks,” he said. “They had wood slats on the ceiling that need to be replaced now that the sprinkler system has been repaired.” He said pipes, walls and carpeting have been replaced and the computer lab has been put back together.
Water-damaged drywall has been replaced in a classroom wing.
JVS Principal Pete Gallace said a change order has been put through Bowman Constructors, the contractor that built the school, for the installation of a threshold, needed to prevent water from running out of the shower. He did not know when that work would be done.
Work was done in late April to resolve drainage issues in the school’s two ballfields.
Gallace said grass seed would be planted now that frost danger has passed. Currently, students practice at Wavus Camp in Nobleboro and all games have been scheduled as away games. Gallace said this was expected and that money had been put in the budget to cover the additional expense of diesel fuel and drivers’ hours.
“We were told it would take about a year for grass to become established,” he said. “We’re hoping some time next year we can start using the ball field.”
Gallace said some library shelves needed repair and that others required rebuilding.
“J.C. Millwork is building those,” Gallace said. “Most of the work has been completed. There are a few things that need to be touched up. We’re getting close to the end.”
