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Superintendent Horsey praises staff after last-minute renovations at Brockbank
Summary
Superintendent Horsey visited Brockbank and thanked school support staff and contractors for completing classroom and facility work just before the 2526 school year, while noting some finishing work remains.
Superintendent Horsey praised Brockbank staff and contractors for rapidly preparing the school for the start of the 2526 school year, saying the building “didn’t look like this just a few short weeks ago” and that “even last week prior to the start of school, it was a hot mess.”
Horsey spoke during the district’s first “hallway minute” of the 2526 school year at Brockbank Elementary, thanking facility staff and educational support professionals for getting classrooms ready for teachers and students despite delayed construction schedules.
The superintendent said crews and staff “did what we do and got everything wiped down, pushed off into the classrooms, and got it ready for the teachers to come back.” Jared Tuttle, Mason Miller, Beth Johnson and Marcy Macklin — members of the team Horsey introduced — were on site and described finishing tasks. One staff member said the most difficult work was getting classroom carpets finished and ensuring the school was cleaned before students arrived.
School staff said they pulled furniture and supplies from Connexus and assembled desks and classroom setups “just before school started.” Horsey and staff noted the counseling center is still being finished even as most classroom spaces were put together.
Discussion in the hallway-minute segment focused on the rapid turnaround: construction that ran behind schedule, last-minute cleaning and setup, and staff and teacher efforts to prepare rooms. Horsey repeatedly thanked educational support professionals for their work; staff described the effort as intensive and last-minute but successful in time for classes.
No formal actions, policy decisions or funding details were discussed during the segment. Horsey closed the minute by acknowledging remaining finishing work while expressing gratitude for the team’s efforts.
Several details were described as approximate in the segment (for example, “a week and a half ago” and “a few short weeks ago”) and were presented as firsthand remarks by the superintendent and the staff on site.
