Ashland school board hears construction update: District rids buildings of asbestos

Linda Hall
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Ashland City Schools Board of EducationMonday, Oct. 24, meeting

KEY ACTION The board heard an update on construction projects in the district.

DISCUSSION With completion of asbestos removal at Taft Intermediate School, the entire district is asbestos-free, said Steve Paramore, business manager who will become the interim superintendent in January, following the meeting.

The district track is being replaced, and a recent ribbon-cutting was held at the renovated entrance of the stadium with donors Bob and Jan Archer and Lloyd and Norma Wygant and members of the Ashland High School marching band and football team all present.

A storage building adjacent to the teachers' parking lot at the high school will be used by the maintenance, athletic, music and technology departments. It will help with decluttering, as did the Oct. 8 auction, Paramore said.

The high school is in the fourth phase of renovations in which some exterior windows and doors will be replaced as materials are available between now and the summer months.

Other business at the Oct. 24 Ashland school board meeting

  • LifeWise Academy, an optional Bible-based character education program for public school students, will begin Jan. 9 for Taft Intermediate students. Students whose parents give permission may use their special, non-instructional period to attend a class at Southview Grace Brethren Church. The program is free to the district, and no school employees are used.

  • Mid Ohio Educational Service Center will conduct the search for a permanent school district superintendent. Doug Marrah retires from the position at the end of December.

UP NEXT Meets at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 in the central office, 1407 Claremont Ave., Ashland.

This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: Ashland City Schools asbestos-free as construction projects progress