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Board approves funding for repairs at Centennial Arts Academy after discussion of sinkhole and drainage concerns
Summary
The Gainesville City School Board approved funding for repairs at Centennial Arts Academy. Board members reviewed images, discussed the extent of replacement work, asked about timelines and sinkhole growth, and approved the expenditure by motion.
The Gainesville City School Board approved funding for repairs at Centennial Arts Academy after staff presented images and board members discussed the scope, drainage and timeline for work.
Staff and board members reviewed photos and site details; one board member noted the damage extended between buildings and over to another structure. Board members asked how far back and down the replacement would go, whether the work would connect from the road up to the repair area, and whether recent rain had worsened a sinkhole. A staff presenter described the replacement as extending "from the road all the way back up to here" and said work would include connection points and detention-pond areas under the site.
Board members moved to approve the funding for the repair and seconded the motion. The transcript indicates the board approved the funding; no roll-call vote tally is shown. Questions from the board included requests for timeline details and verification of the extent of replacement; staff said the site was being stabilized and that further details would be provided as the work progressed.
The board also thanked staff for related procurement work earlier in the meeting and proceeded to other business after approving the repair funding.
