R-VII presents Ag classroom proposal

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During Wednesday night’s board of education meeting, the Nodaway-Holt R-VII school board approved the floor plans for the new agriculture building.

With the school year right around the corner, construction crews are preparing to build the new agricultural building at Nodaway-Holt-R VII.

The new facility will replace the old building that was damaged by a storm last fall. The old agriculture and band rooms were deemed unsafe for students and the building has been razed.

“We are ready to erect the exterior of the building and once we are done with that, the agriculture instructor will finish out the interior of the classroom,” Superintendent Karma Coleman said.

During Wednesday night’s board of education meeting, interior blue prints for the ag classroom were presented to the board and Coleman said that construction crew would not pour the concrete slab for the building for another two weeks.

The board approved the floor plans and added that fire retardant should be added to the spray foam insulation.

Coleman said that the project is on schedule, but a lot of the project relies on the weather. She said the recent rainfall shouldn’t push back the concrete work, but if it rains again in the next few weeks, the schedule will have to be reevaluated.

Also during Wednesday night’s meeting, the board approved the public hearing of the tax levy for 7 p.m. Aug. 19.