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Facilities update: projects on track but board pauses on Tomahawk retaining wall and questions dance-floor finish
Summary
Facilities director reported progress at several school construction sites and raised a $34,000 option to replace a vinyl dance floor with a more shock-absorbent system; board approved most change orders but removed a parking-stone charge.
Tom Tyson, a facilities official, told the Berkeley County Board of Education on July 21 that construction and bond-funded work across the district is advancing but flagged a few items that needed board direction.
Tyson reported that exterior waterproofing and brick veneer work are progressing at Hedgesville Early Learning Academy, interior partitions and steel work are advancing, and the Tomahawk intermediate addition is near completion except for a potential retaining wall. He showed photos of completed cabinets, epoxy floors and an outdoor classroom patio.
At Martinsburg High School, Tyson paused installation of a vinyl dance floor in the practice/dance room to ask the board whether to add a full shock-absorbent subfloor system. The currently contracted product is…
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