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Board approves Esperance razing
The Edmonds School Board at their regular board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14, approved demolition of Esperance Elementary and outdoor activity shelter at the old Woodway Elementary.
The move allows the district to enter a contract and work with an engineering services consulting team to determine probable cost of the demolition, district property manager Bret Carlstad said.
According to the recommendation presented to the school board, the budget for this phase of the project is $146,000, and “additional budget authorization will be sought as soon as probable costs are determined.”
The approval also allows the team to include geotechnical services and a hazardous and difficult materials assessment to be made in order to look at a fuel tank that sits underneath the Esperance school which holds diesel oil bunker fuel. This tank allowed the school to get a low gas rate when demand was particularly high, such as in the winter.
Carlstad said there is little chance that the tank has or will leak into the ground surrounding the building.
“Bunker oil fuel tends to be not as think as tar but almost, so if there were a leak it would not move very far,” Carlstad said. “The checks we’ve done don’t tell us there’s leakage, but the knowledge we have about things that are surrounded by dirt is that there’s always a likelihood of leaking.”
Carlstad added that the district plans to retain the site and determine whether they will turn it into a grassy area or a parking lot.
EdCC students among state’s top
Edmonds Community College students Thanh Dinh and Susan Phillips will be recognized for their scholarship, leadership and community service at a ceremony March 27 in Olympia.
Dinh and Phillips are among 63 of the state’s top scholars, who will receive recognition from Governor Gary Locke and a $250 scholarship provided by Key Bank, as members of the All-Washington Academic Team representing Edmonds Community College.
One member from the Washington State academic team will be selected to The All-USA Academic Team for Community, Technical and Junior Colleges.
That student will be named the state’s New Century Scholar. The annual academic recognition is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, USA Today and the American Association of Community Colleges.
Martha Lk. 10th anniversary party
Martha Lake School will be celebrating it’s 10th year in their new building with memory walls, photos and activities from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 24th.
All community members, alumni, friends, neighbors, and former teachers are invited to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Martha Lake Elementary School.
The party will be held from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. There will also be a reception in the Library with refreshments from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
For more information call Pat Eldridge 425-670-7766 or Suellen Adams 360-668-8888.
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