MLSD committee recommends replacement of North, Larson Heights
Dry-rotted insulation on pipes and wiring at an MLSD elementary school and phone wiring in similarly degraded condition are among many maintenance expenses the Moses Lake School District is facing. Costs to repair many of the district’s old campuses from the 1950s is a drain on the district’s coffers and adds expenses for taxpayers.
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A four-inch-long pocketknife sits next to a sealed crack on the roof of an MLSD elementary. The roof has been repaired multiple times and is one more source of maintenance expenses for the district.
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake School Board heard a presentation from the district’s Facility Advisory Committee recommending that Larson Heights and North elementaries be demolished and replaced with a new elementary that would serve students from both campuses. The board did not vote on whether to accept the recommendation.
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