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Board to use $250,000 from 2023 bond to fix Maryville High drainage; boiler replacement also proposed
Summary
Committee members approved using $250,000 remaining from the 2023 bond to address chronic flooding at Maryville High and discussed adding a Thursday agenda item to replace failing boilers in the new gym, with quotes from staff describing classrooms flooded and the need for redirection of cemetery runoff.
Beauregard Parish facilities staff told committees Nov. 10 that Maryville High School has experienced repeated, severe flooding and recommended using $250,000 remaining from the 2023 bond to complete a drainage project.
Staff said drone imagery shows concentrated flow entering campus from the cemetery side, washing out fencing and creating washouts that have at times flooded classrooms and the auditorium. "We were in our…
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