S-B School working out details on pool repairs

Delay in getting parts pushes timeline to open to June

The Stanley-Boyd High School pool will be repaired and reopened, just as soon as the necessary insurance policy determinations are made. At its most recent meeting this past Monday January 28th in the high school library, district superintendent Jeff Koenig said it was a matter of sorting out which policy covered what, as there were several. “Which policy exactly covers what, that is what’s slowing us down,” Koenig said as he reported that insurance had agreed to cover the damages.

“We did meet with the electrical contractors” Koenig said, saying that the first thing that had to be done was getting electricity to the mechanical room in order to get the other repairs done. While they were supposed to have started that Monday, it was hoped that the electrical contractors would get started the next day Tuesday after the meeting. But there was more as well.

“We’re working with the insurance company on deciding with the pool equipment itself what exactly needs to be replaced,” he went on as it was reported that with the pool being 20 years old, surprise had been expressed by many people that certain parts hadn’t broken yet, and that replacement may be in order for these parts.

“It’s going to be a slow process, we’re probably looking at June about now, ” Koenig said due to a 12 week wait time for blower replacement parts to arrive, once insurance decides what to cover. The blowers on the pool pumps will definitely need to be replaced, but if the insurance company decides it doesn’t want to cover the entire pool pump or other aging part, Koenig said he would bring those matters before the school board, as potentially prudent items to be replaced due to the pool’s age.