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$1M Project Will Bring School Into ADA Compliance
December 2, 2010
SOUTH WINDSOR – — Connecticut
Three years after first learning of deficiencies in safety codes and access for the disabled at South Windsor High School, the school board will oversee a $1.1 million project to bring the school into compliance with federal law.
On Nov. 2, voters approved an appropriation of $1.1 million to pay for renovations and improvements meant to bring the high school into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The referendum also authorized the town to use temporary borrowing to begin the project in anticipation of issuing bonds that will ultimately be used to fund the work.
A review of the school by the Federal Office of Civil Rights Compliance in 2007 found deficiencies in several areas, including athletic field accessibility, the fire alarm system, classroom workstations and parking.
The town applied $80,000 from its capital projects budget toward fixing the code problems. The corrections are estimated to cost $940,000, a figure that includes $250,000 to add visual signals to the fire alarm system for the hearing impaired and $144,000 to add classroom workstation that are accessible to the disabled. Making the athletic fields accessible will cost $249,000.
—Joseph A. O'Brien Jr.
http://www.courant.com/community/south-windsor/hc-south-windsor-schools-1203-20101202,0,6439586.story
December 2, 2010
SOUTH WINDSOR – — Connecticut
Three years after first learning of deficiencies in safety codes and access for the disabled at South Windsor High School, the school board will oversee a $1.1 million project to bring the school into compliance with federal law.
On Nov. 2, voters approved an appropriation of $1.1 million to pay for renovations and improvements meant to bring the high school into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The referendum also authorized the town to use temporary borrowing to begin the project in anticipation of issuing bonds that will ultimately be used to fund the work.
A review of the school by the Federal Office of Civil Rights Compliance in 2007 found deficiencies in several areas, including athletic field accessibility, the fire alarm system, classroom workstations and parking.
The town applied $80,000 from its capital projects budget toward fixing the code problems. The corrections are estimated to cost $940,000, a figure that includes $250,000 to add visual signals to the fire alarm system for the hearing impaired and $144,000 to add classroom workstation that are accessible to the disabled. Making the athletic fields accessible will cost $249,000.
—Joseph A. O'Brien Jr.
http://www.courant.com/community/south-windsor/hc-south-windsor-schools-1203-20101202,0,6439586.story
