Whitehall High School storm restoration to take until March 2021 - NEWS10 ABC
WHITEHALL, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Now nearly two months after taking black water damage during an August storm, Whitehall High School still remains unusable. This week, while work with their insurer remains a struggle, the district got an answer on how long it may take before students can come back to the halls again. In an update meeting this week, the district’s Buildings and Grounds Committee, Clerk of the Works, school architects and an environmental specialist met to get an assessment of how long it would take for the school to be usable again. The repairs are estimated to take until at least March to complete. Black water from the school’s septic system spread to every part of the school in August, in amounts of an inch in some spaces and as much as several feet in others. “From a health and wellness standpoint, we cannot have students safely in the building as abatement work progresses,” wrote Superintendent Patrick Dee in a release Thursday. “As such, we hope to be able to have a ...