Nodaway-Holt approves bids for building

By Phil Cobb | April 21, 2015 |

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The Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education approved bids for pouring of the concrete pad and erecting the structure of the new agriculture/band building following the demolition of the existing building, which is pictured. The existing building was deemed unsafe for students following a September 9, 2014 storm, which caused extensive damage to the building.

The Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education approved bids for the new concrete pad work and construction of the shell of the building to replace the badly storm-damaged agriculture and band building, which was deemed unsafe for students following the storm damage it received from a September 9, 2014 storm which struck the school.

“A group of our board members have volunteered to demolish the old building,” Nodaway-Holt Superintendent Karma Coleman said. “We hope to have the old building down in the next week or two. It should only take a day or two to demolish it.”

Once the old building is demolished, construction will begin on the new building, and the board awarded J & E Concrete Works of Maitland the contract to pour the concrete pad for the new building. The board also awarded the contract to build the shell of the new building to Miller’s Welding, LLC of Craig.

Coleman said once the shell of the building is up, the inside work will be completed by staff at the school with the idea that the building will be ready for the 2015-16 school term.

In other business, the Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education reorganized, with new board members Bob Saxton and Kenny Shewey sworn in by board secretary Bev Shifflett.

Saxton was selected as board president, with Joe Day appointed board vice-president. Shifflett was appointed board secretary and Adrean Plummer was appointed board treasurer. Mike Rosenbohm was appointed board delegate.

In other board business, Jamie Madden was hired as K-12 guidance counselor effective immediately for the remainder of the school year as well as the 2015-16 school year and Tammy Wilson was hired as school cook for the 2015-16 school year.