Laurel Highlands looks to improve parking at Hatfield
The Laurel Highlands School Board is looking for ways to improve the parking lot at Hatfield School. “Because of the convoluted traffic and parking up there, we are asking for proposals from local engineering firms so we can better handle the traffic,” Craig McKee, the district’s Buildings and Grounds director said.
School director Lyn Andaloro, who heads the buildings and grounds committee, said the board wasn’t committing to anything at this point and wouldn’t be spending any money, but just wants to know how much area firms would charge to look at the situation and prepare a traffic and parking management plan.
McKee also reported that there have been two meetings with the district’s architectural firm, Eckles Architecture/Engineering, to review plans for renovations at the high school.
McKee said that in addition to marking new classroom space, existing uses were also marked so no areas are left out.
McKee said the committee also met with Aquatica Pools of New York, which will be conducting an assessment of the pool and the ventilation system in the pool area.
Two seniors at the high school are drawing up the renovation plans to provide the district with a 3-D presentation.
Video production students are also working on a virtual tour of the high school.
Both projects are expected to be ready in the spring.
In other matters, the board approved math teacher John Sharp and Richard Terrill and English teachers Alicia Lotti and Jessica DuBois to serve as the Credit Recovery teachers.
District Superintendent Dr. Gary Brain said the program is a mandatory after school tutoring program for ninth grade students who are failing math or English in the first semester of the year.
Director Curtis Jacobs reported on free classes for adults being offered at the Fayette County Vo-Tech School starting in January in conjunction with Pennsylvania Career Link and the Workforce Investment Board. Introductory classes are being offered in machining, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, welding, electricity and building construction.
All classes except electrical will be offered in the evenings. The classes run January through May.