School board approves summer maintenance activities

The Odessa School Board met June 26 to approve summer maintenance projects to be performed while school is not in session. The JRCC Company will paint the exterior of the gymnasium builidng, including the columns which have had peeling paint for some time now. They will also provide a ‘rain cap’ for the columns, so that rain and runoff from the roof are directed away from the columns instead of running down them as it does now.

Head custodian Justin Parr reported that the maintenance and custodial staff are busy with several other summer projects inside the buildings.

The board declared the or...