Playgrounds, Other Projects Underway At Schools

MANCHESTER – The school district website is not the only project “under construction” this summer! It is a priority of the Manchester Township School District to maintain clean and efficient school buildings for students, staff, and community. This summer, the Building & Grounds Department is busy with not only the regularly scheduled summer cleaning and building maintenance but also new projects that best enhance and maintain the schools for the community. Those include:

Phase One of the Manchester Township High School Media Center facelift was to update the flooring in this space. The area is now extra bright, clean, and approachable. The goal here is to continue updating the space so that students and staff want to spend even more time in this area reading, studying, and meeting. All furniture, desks, and book shelving are projected to be put back into place in time for the start of the new school year.

Also at Manchester Township High School, air conditioning has been installed in the Auxiliary Gym. This extends the availability for the usage of this gym during the hot months whereas previously the room was much too hot and humid. This project is also projected to be completed in time for the start of the new school year.

At Manchester Township Middle School, a more efficient air conditioning system was installed. In addition, sidewalks are being replaced and/or repaired out front for everyone’s safe entry/exit of the building.

Beautiful, new playground equipment for younger students is currently being installed at all three elementary school buildings. These playgrounds were fully funded by the Preschool Expansion Aid awarded to the school district. These projects are still under construction and are projected to be completed in time for use at the start of the new school year

Restroom additions and renovations are happening at Ridgeway and Whiting Elementary Schools. New restrooms, flooring upgrades, and more are in process and are projected to be completed in time for use at the start of the new school year.

At Whiting Elementary, new sidewalks were installed along the front of the building to make student drop-off/pick-up even safer. Now the students will not be in the roadway at times of drop-off/pick-up. The side of this school’s Media Center also now has a sidewalk so that visitors can access the front sidewalk to enter the building. Landscaping of this area is up next and the whole project is projected to be completed in time for use at the start of the school year.

There are plenty of other projects and improvements happening across the school district through August leading up to September. Stay tuned for those updates. Contact the Office of the Superintendent with any questions or concerns regarding school preservation and improvement projects, suggestions, and comments at 732-350-5900, ext. 2214.

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