Facing delay, Westport school board prepares contingency plans for Coleytown

Facing delay, Westport school board prepares contingency plans for Coleytown

The plan to re-open Coleytown Middle School on Sept. 1 may likely face a delay because of the coronavirus. Last summer, the Representative Town Meeting approved a $32 million plan to restore Coleytown after the middle school closed in 2018 due to massive mold problems. But with social distancing guidelines now in place, O’Day said work has slowed at the site. Workers are afraid of catching COVID-19 and staff is taking extreme caution and quarantining themselves if someone is suspected of contracting the virus. Newfield Construction, construction manager for the project, is expected to provide the building committee with a revised timeline in early May. The BOE will discuss Coleytown’s opening again at its meeting April 27.

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