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Parent raises repeated ceiling collapses at Little Mountain Elementary; facilities staff report work-order backlog
Summary
A community member told the board the district experienced about 10 classrooms with ceilings fall this school year due to flooding; custodial and facilities staff reported open work orders and said repair time varies by damage type.
At the board’s public forum on April 28, resident Jaron Cannon urged the board to address repeated building failures at Little Mountain Elementary School, saying roughly 10 classrooms experienced ceilings falling this school year and several staff members have been displaced.
"It's almost like you walk into a school like Russian roulette, if you're gonna have a ceiling that day," Cannon said, describing a ceiling collapse he witnessed. He said the district had installed a new fire alarm system and door alarms but called ceiling failures “major” and…
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