From staff reports
Contributed/Fred Jones
UNDER WAY â Projects are on schedule in the Indian Creek Local School District, where a new high school, seen in an aerial shot, and elementary building are under construction while Hills Elementary undergoes renovations to provide modern amenities.
WINTERSVILLE Progress is being made on construction and renovation projects in the Indian Creek Local School District with two sites to be ready for classes this fall.
Officials said work is proceeding as planned on the new Indian Creek High School and Cross Creek Elementary School as well as renovations at Hills Elementary, work that will bring all three sites into the modern era. The overall $63 million project will see the replacement of the current high school and Wintersville Elementary.
From staff reports
ON TOUR â Members of the Indian Creek Board of Education took a tour of construction at Hills Elementary School in Mingo Junction. Contributed
MINGO JUNCTION Indian Creek school board members got a glimpse of ongoing updates to Hills Elementary School following the regular meeting on Thursday.
Assistant Superintendent John Belt guided the tour and noted progress was being made in the $10 million renovation project included in the district’s main construction plan. In addition to Hills’ upgrades, two new buildings are going up to replace Indian Creek High School and Wintersville Elementary as part of the overall $63 million project, and the sites should be ready for the 2021-22 school year with the older school buildings to be demolished that spring.
Dec 21, 2020
Officials with the Indian Creek Local School District celebrated a milestone Wednesday when two special beams were lowered into place at the construction site of the district’s new high school.
What made the installation of the two 24-foot-long girders special was that they held the signatures of 560 students 35 staff members. They were among those who had been invited to sign the beams during the first week of October.
The idea was suggested by Kim Adams, director of business development for Hammond Construction, the general contractor on the project. It offered a way for people to be tied to the building, which is symbolically important since a groundbreaking that had been planned for April had to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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MAKING PROGRESS â From left, John Belt, assistant superintendent of the Indian Creek School District; Bob Smith, a member of the board of education; and Indian Creek Schools Superintendent T.C. Chappelear were on hand Wednesday to observe the lowering of two steel beams signed by students and staff into the new high school. Contributed
WINTERSVILLE Indian Creek Local School District officials had planned to hold a groundbreaking in April for the new Indian Creek High School, but that event was canceled when schools were closed statewide because of the pandemic.
Instead, they gathered Wednesday to observe as two 24-foot-long steel beams that had been signed by hundreds of students and staff were lowered into place.