By John P. Schmidt NEWS Correspondent
The Gloucester City Board of Education held an emergency meeting last Monday (June 30) to accept a bid to renovate the auditorium in the Gloucester City High School for $525,200.
Superintendent Paul Spaventa said the district had money in its Capital Improvement Fund, which is used to improve and upgrade facilities. The auditorium renovation had been on a list of projects deemed important.
The vote was held last week in hopes that construction can start in August, when school is not in session, because there is espestise glue underneath the floor.
Spaventa said the district had received money from the former NJ School Construction Corporation, which had been responsible for building schools in Abbott Districts.
However, due to mismanagement, the state closed it down, and now has a new organization to oversee building and construction.
Spaventa said that there was leftover money the district received for three projects deemed to be emergencies.
They are fixing the roof of Mary Ethel Costello School, the playground at Cold Springs School, and lighting at the High School.
The board also approved personnel for different positions in the district from teachers to support staff.
Also approved was a student teaching program in conjunction with Farleigh Dickinson University.
Board Member Jacqueline Borger, who runs the Municipal Alliance program, asked if it could utilize space somewhere in the district.
She said the Alliance has a record number of kids signing up for camps throughout the summer, and that the PAL Building may not be large enough.
Borger also said more than 100 children signed up for the basketball camp, which was held in June.
The board approved Borger\’s request, 6-0-1, with Borger abstaining.
It was okayed on condition that space was available. John Kenney, director of Facilities, will have to approve the request as well.
The next meeting for the Board of Education will be July 29 at 7 p.m. in the High School Media Center.
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