RE-1: Good news and bad news

A large beam is successfully lifted into a window on the second floor of the new elementary school. It was reported that the repairs are on schedule for a summer completion.

MEEKER I “I have good news and bad news,” Andy Stewart of Vanir, the school district’s owner’s representative for the Meeker Elementary School said following a workshop of three committees held before the March 20 meeting.

School repairs on schedule

MEEKER I The Meeker Board of Education received a positive update on the repairs on the new elementary school, heard positive comments on their winter sports coaches from parents and accepted a $50,000 settlement agreement from Terracon Geotechnical Services at its meeting Tuesday last.

Library fun at elementary school

To celebrate library month at Meeker Elementary School, students recorded the minutes they spent reading in January. The top readers competed in Minute To Win It events with principal Jason Hightower. Elementary school student Cyros Halandras tested his balancing skills against Hightower’s.

MEEKER I January was library month at Meeker Elementary School. We set a goal of reading an accumulated 40,000 minutes. When all was tallied we read 140,973 minutes. Preschool through fifth-grade kept track of their minutes. We were very excited to have 10 adults turn in their time as well.

Repairs begin on school

Travis Huppert, the on-site superintendent for The Neenan Company, points out some of the preparations made at the school to Meeker superintendent of schools Susan Goettel and Meeker Elementary School principal Jason Hightower. The Neenan Company started the repair work Wednesday and expect them to be completed by July 2012. A presentation of the completed and approved reconstruction plans for the Meeker Elementary School will be given at the regular school board meeting Tuesday Feb. 7, in the high school cafeteria at 7 p.m.

MEEKER I A special meeting was called Monday, Jan. 30 for superintendent Susan Goettel to inform the board that the addendum had been negotiated and a draft budget prepared by Jim West of Vanir (the Meeker School District’s owner’s representative), including the additional cost to the district.

Board approves preparations

MEEKER I “We’re getting closer,” said Meeker School Superintendent Susan Goettel about the repairs needed at the new elementary school building.

Caroling …

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Meeker preschool teachers Molly Theos, Shelly Nielsen, Amber Garcia and Mickey Slaugh took their students caroling around town Friday as a last day activity before Christmas break.

Schools affected statewide

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MEEKER I One of Meeker’s biggest 2011 stories had a ripple effect on schools across the state. Built in 2010, the $18 million Meeker Elementary School was closed to students and staff in August 2011 over concerns about structural safety.

‘Tis the season …

phmkmes concert

In a busy week filled with Christmas parties and programs at all the local schools, students from Meeker Elementary presented their annual winter concert for parents, family and friends.

Repairs on MES to start in 2012

MEEKER I “All things considered, we feel this is good news,” Wayne Muir of Structural Consultants Inc. (SCI) said after he and Frank Bumgarner presented an engineering report to the Meeker School Board about the planned repairs at the Meeker Elementary School building.

Fifth-graders bring history to life

phmkbms night at museum

MEEKER I It has been said that noteworthy people never come to Meeker, but on Nov. 17 Barone Middle School enjoyed the company of very important people as Meeker Elementary School fifth-graders presented “Night at the Museum.”

Letter to the Editor: Happy librarian

Dear Editor: I would like to thank all those that helped make the bookmobile a dream come true. 

Bookmobile meets needs of young readers once again

“If you are given lemons, make lemonade,” says Meeker Elementary School librarian Kay Bivens. Bivens did just that, with her students in three different buildings, she had a retired school bus converted to a bookmobile, which can transport more than 4,000 books to its weekly rounds to the middle school, administration building and high school.

MEEKER I For 20 years, students in kindergarten through fifth grade traipsed through the school library, discovering foreign lands, different times, mythical creatures and fictional characters under the supervision of Meeker Elementary School librarian Kay Bivens.

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