SOM District Considers Building Aquatic Center at High School
New pool and fitness center, plus expanded classroom space, is option BOE is leaning toward.
The South Orange - Maplewood School District will consider building an addition to Columbia High School (CHS) that would house a new aquatic center with a six-lane pool and a fitness center, according to the Board of Education (BOE) discussion on Monday night. The aquatic center is one option the board is discussing to refurbish the existing pool -- which is currently closed because the ceiling is structurally unsound -- while gaining additional classroom space. The plan was presented by the district's Business Administrator Cheryl Schneider, who showed the board blueprints of the proposed addition. The aquatic center would be built in the current gym parking lot, with an entrance on Valley Street. That plan would also construct a new, 2…
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Nancy Heins-Glaser
1:00 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Could funds for a pool be held in abeyance? Cant we prioritize upgrades to the BOE building to get decent TV/digital transmission of meetings? For years BOE meetings are of poor quality for TV viewers. Tho they are no longer edited (good news) why watch when you cant hear/see? Is no one else bothered? Meetings are documented for the BOE/SOMSD; broadcasts are for the public. The only way to hold … more ›