{"id":10083,"date":"2013-07-30T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2013-07-30T15:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:02:47","slug":"canton-central-spending-15m-on-renovation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/07\/30\/canton-central-spending-15m-on-renovation-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton Central spending $15m on renovation project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hugh C. Williams Senior High School, Canton Central School District. Photo: Lizette Haenel<\/p><\/div>\n

You may have heard on our air or read at ncpr.org that the Canton Central School District has had some money problems<\/a> over the last couple years; more recently, the district has been considering a merger<\/a> with Potsdam Central. It’s had to eliminate more than 50 staff members, and has been looking at much bigger class sizes and cuts to student activities.<\/p>\n

It’s always slightly surprising when you read about an organization that’s in financial trouble spending money, even if the spending is from an entirely different budget — and so it was when I read this morning in the Watertown Daily Times that Canton Central is spending $15 million on a number of renovation projects throughout its complex<\/a>. But it turns out the state is covering 89 percent of the costs of this project, so it’s not quite as surprising as one might have anticipated.<\/p>\n

Some of the projects are urgent and necessary, like asbestos remediation in McKenney Middle Schoool, which Superintendent William Gregory told the paper is proving to be much more extensive — and expensive — than expected. Other projects are explicitly forward-looking, says Gregory:<\/p>\n

Keeping the school building complex in updated condition also places the Canton district in a strong position as it looks to the possibility of merging with Potsdam Central School or other area schools.<\/p>\n

‘It positions us to have an updated facility that could accommodate several hundred additional students should some form of merger or consolidation eventually occur,’ Mr. Gregory said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such projects include a new computer lab, bathrooms that will now be in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, updated sports facilities, and changes to make the buildings safer and more secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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