The Tallapoosa County Board of Education has a few projects in store for the next couple months.
At Tuesday’s work session, the board went over project updates and some of the things that will come up for the next board meeting.
The Dadeville High School drainage project to repair the sideline of the football field is still underway. Superintendent Casey Davis said a few more materials will be delivered at least in the next two weeks and then the contractor will start breaking ground.
Davis said he has stressed to the contractor the importance of getting the project completed before football practice starts back up. While the weather is a big factor when it comes to projects like this, the contractor is onboard with keeping a tight schedule as much as possible.
The old Reeltown Elementary demolition project will also begin at the end of April. The section to be demolished is the 1929 Reeltown Elementary School, also called the E building, and the adjacent wing facing Highway 12.
Davis said this company is well-acquainted with these types of projects. There are plans to save some of the bricks from the old school to be used in a possible memorial project later down the road.
The intercom project is also still in the works. The board is working on getting each of the schools an updated intercom system. Right now, the project is still out for bids.
Davis also informed the board that deputy superintendent Dr. Penny Johnson is working on redoing their code of conduct and combining it with their academic guide to make one student handbook. This will help consolidate things for the school, parents and students. The handbook will likely be ready for the board to approve in the next couple of months.
At the upcoming board meeting, the board will be approving to recognize Month of the Military Child and approving personnel action items.
This month’s board meeting will be at 5 p.m. April 14.
