Solon superintendent: Roxbury remediation plan finalized; work to start Wednesday, estimated 6-to-8 weeks

Superintendent Bolden told the Solon City Board of Education on Sept. 29 that the district has finalized an environmental remediation plan for Roxbury and that contractors are scheduled to begin work on Wednesday, with an initial estimate of six to eight weeks to complete cleaning and follow-up testing.

The plan matters because air tests at Roxbury returned positive results in one wing, prompting an environmental cleanup that the district says must be done before students can safely return. Bolden said the district has coordinated with environmental consultants, an environmental attorney and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to move forward quickly.

Bolden said the district is running three work tracks simultaneously: student and staff continuity at temporary sites, environmental remediation of the Roxbury building, and long-term building restoration and community communication. "We essentially had a 3 track met we're basically operating on 3 tracks simultaneously. Track 1 is a student and staff continuity," Bolden said, describing temporary classrooms at…