Schools affected statewide

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.
According to Wayne Muir, president of SCI, the company that performed the structural report, the occupancy category for a school should be a III, as required by the International Building Code of 2006, but The…