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Bettendorf CSD: High‑school roofing delayed by rain; contractor to repair yard, concrete
Summary
District operations director said wet weather and contractor scheduling pushed high‑school roofing behind schedule; contractor will repair damaged concrete and yard and will return to accelerate work next week.
Scott, the district’s director of operations, told the Bettendorf Community School District board the high‑school roofing project was delayed by rain and contractor scheduling, but contractors will repair damage and return to speed up work.
The roofing company lost what Scott said amounted to "40 to 50% of their work scheduled workdays because of rain," and crews were reassigned to the middle school. Scott said the district expects contractor crews to return and increase staffing next week to finish tear‑off and material removal.
Board members were told two roofs are being removed at the high school and that the original roof beneath is a heavy poured asphalt layer. That layering — in places an inch thick and in others up to seven inches because of roof tapers — is slowing removal, Scott said. The contractor pulled teams from the high school and put them on the middle school; Scott said the middle‑school work was about 85% complete at the time of the report and that crews should return to the high school the following Monday.
Scott said contractors damaged some concrete and yard areas while bringing materials on site and that the contractor will cover repairs. He also said crews fenced off the front area to keep students and staff away from active work and make the site appear more like a construction zone for safety.
Scott told the board the courtyard and roof access geometry required some difficult means of getting materials up to the roof and that rain made the task worse. He said the project will be safe for students and that the district will receive a fuller update in coming meetings, when operations and technology staff provide a more detailed summary of summer projects.
The district’s technology director, Ben Reller, is scheduled to present a broader report with Scott at a subsequent board meeting describing other summer work and technology‑related projects.
