#2 Modular Mayhem in the Rattlesnake - continues in June

There has been quite a bit of progress on the modular in June. The following is a list of the work being done on the modular -
 - pictures coming soon!!

JUNE 2012 MODULAR WORK AT RATTLESNAKE SCHOOL

 Monday

June 25, 2012
THE OUTSIDE OF THE MODULAR SEEMS TO BE ALMOST FINISHED

THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AS MENTIONED AND PAINTING

HAS BEEN DONE.  LOCATED ON THE PLAYGROUND IS A FLATBED. I ASKED AN EMPLOYEE THAT HAD JUST SHOWED UP FOR WORK WHAT THE OBJECT WAS ON THE FLATBED AND HE SAID IT WAS THE CANOPY, I IMAGINE TO GO OVER THE DOORWAY.THEY HAVE TAKEN OFF THE CARDBOARD AROUND THE SONOTUBES (THAT SERVED AS MOLDS FOR THE CONCRETE FOOTINGS.

Tuesday

June 26, 2012
OBSERVATIONS TAKING PLACE BEFORE 8:00 a.m.  A SEMI TRUCK WITH
 BUILDING MATERIALS IS PARKED ON THE NORTH END OF THE PLAYGROUND.  THE DRIVER HAD TO WAIT ABOUT A HALF HOUR FOR AN EMPLOYEE FROM SIRIUS TO OPEN THE GATE.  THE TRUCKING FIRM IS (WILL LOOK AT PICTURE TO FIND NAME) FROM MISSOULA. T HE BUILDING MATERIALS ARE:  LUMBER, WOOD AND A FAKE WOOD, NAILS AND OTHER HARDWARE, AND MANY BAGS OF CONCRETE.  THESE WERE MATERIALS WITH WHICH THE WORKERS WOULD BE BUILDING THE RAMP AND THE STAIRS ATTACHED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MODULAR BUILDING.  THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI TRUCK SAID THAT THE BUILDING MATERIALS WERE FROM BOYCE LUMBER.

Wednesday

June 27, 2012
THE WORKERS HAD ATTACHED THE CANOPY ONTO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MODULAR ABOVE WHERE THE FUTURE RAMP AND STAIRS WILL BE BUILT.  THERE WAS A LOT OF FRONT END LOADERS AROUND THE MODULAR.

No pictures were taken today)

Thursday
June 28, 2012
AS MENTIONED, THE CANOPY WAS PUT UP YESTERDAY.  THE WORKERS HAD TAKEN SOME FENCING DOWN.   WITH CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THEY LEVELED THE GROUND AROUND THE MODULAR AND LAYED SOME ASPHALT.  THERE WAS A SWING SET IN THIS AREA BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN, WITH PIECES OF IT LYING AROUND THE AREA.  THE WORKERS HAVEN’T BEGUN WORK ON THE RAMP YET.  INSIDE THE MODULAR IT APPEARS THAT INSULATION WORK IS EITHER COMPLETED OR ALMOST COMPLETED.

THE AIR CONDITIONING/HEAT UNIT ARE IN (PARTIALLY) ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDE OF THE MODULAR (3 UNITS).  THE BRAND IS AMANA.  PERHAPS MORE ELECTRICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE.  THE AREA SMELLS LIKE WAFER BOARD (OSB BOARD).  THE CEILING HAS BLOWN IN INSULATION BETWEEN THE JOISTS A PLASTIC COVERING OVER THE INSULATION.

And a beautiful, perfect, and popular school is only about a mile away.

This school is Prescott School and is now occupied by Missoula international school a private school which received a 5 year lease extension just 7-8 months before the decision to build a modular at rattlesnake school.  Clearly the school district did not look out for the good of the public school students when extending the lease.

 And even less than a mile away is Lincoln School, another beautiful and historic school, which would have been perfect also to house the school children as it had for many years, since 1912, but was sold.

The shortsighted and inept planning for our public school buildings is revealed in this modular project, a lesson in caution when contemplating closing and/or selling our valuable school assets.