Safety concerns close gym at new Meeker Elementary

MEEKER I Seven weeks after the dedication of the new elementary school, the gym was temporarily closed because of safety concerns about the east wall.
“We discovered some movement in the wall, at the place where the roof meets the wall,” Principal Jason Hightower said. “There’s too much pressure from the soil pushing the wall in and stressing the connection with the roof and the wall.”
Students were kept out of the gym, beginning Oct.…