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February 25, 2004KINGSLEY: High school closed for weekMore snow puts pressure on roofByRecord-Eagle staff writer KINGSLEY - Kingsley High School will be closed for the rest of the week because of continuing roof problems on the three-year-old building. Superintendent Michael Jurgensen said classes were canceled Tuesday and will be closed today, Thursday and Friday. He said school officials fear the problem could be "long term," so high school students will be relocated to another building so they can resume classes by March 1. A roof problem was discovered above a mechanical room Feb. 18. That day classes were dismissed early. Jurgensen said the roof was temporarily fixed after a structural engineer visited, and school was back in session Monday. On Tuesday, after a snowstorm swept the area, a school maintenance worker climbed into the trusses to examine the roof. He discovered a large area in another portion of the roof that appeared to be under pressure. He said trusses in a large area of the commons, which also includes the cafeteria, appear to be "under significant amount of stress." "They are bent and some are broken," Jurgensen said. The damage may have been caused by the weight of snow or could have occurred previously, Jurgensen said. The building's architect, structural engineer and general contractor as well as some school board members have examined the roof, Jurgensen said. A state building inspector is expected to arrive today. School officials are considering several sites to hold high school classes until the roof is repaired. Classes could be moved to another building or to the middle school, which would require a split schedule to share the building with middle and high school students. "It's not an ideal situation, but under an emergency situation I need to find a way to get our students back in high school," Jurgensen said.
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