The Pueblo School District 60 Board of Education voted on Thursday to approve an emergency closure of Carlile Elementary School for the upcoming school year and to incorporate the Carlile student body and staff into Columbian Elementary School, after contractors found damage to the school’s HVAC system and roof that make it unfit for occupancy.
“We as a board recognize the difficulty of this kind of emergency closure,” board member Barbara Clementi said after the vote. “It is not taken lightly. We have a beautiful building there on Pitkin and we need to ensure the safety of our students and staff, which we can’t do.”
D60 school board closes Carlile Elementary The Pueblo D60 Board this afternoon unanimously voted on an emergency closure of Carlile Elementary.
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PUEBLO, Colorado â The School District 60 Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday afternoon in favor of an emergency closure of Carlile Elementary School. The district s facilities manager told the board the 90-year old building isn t safe for students and staff to return to in the fall. We need to ensure the safety of our students and staff which we can t do anymore, unfortunately, said board member Barb Clementi during the meeting.
Bob Lawson, Executive Director of Facilities and Construction Manager for District 60, told the board heavy rainstorms in May caused substantial roof leaking. A contractor was brought in to review the damage and recommended a roof replacement. The ceramic tiles on the roof were last replaced in 1951.