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Brutal Kansas spring weather has taken a toll on buildings in USD 214, and the district is using insurance claim money to make repairs to hail-damaged roofs at Kepley Middle School, Ulysses High School, and Hickock Elementary School. The roof at Sullivan Elementary was inspected and had less damage than the others so is not part of this project.
The USD 214 Board of Trustees heard an update from Coryell Roofing at its October 14 meeting in the administration building at Joyce School.
Coryell Roofing Sales Manager Jeremy Hey, based out of the company’s Oklahoma City headquarters, traveled to Ulysses to present to the trustees, and said the three projects will cost $12,000 less than insurance estimates.
“We are a little bit on a time issue as far as the weather and also with our insurance,” said Superintendent Corey Burton.
The roofing contractor wants to get started as soon as possible because of iffy fall and winter weather in Ulysses, and wants to be as unobtrusive as possible.
“Me and my team have been working diligently for the last several months on behalf of the school district to ensure getting you back to a pre-loss condition,” Hey said. “We’ve got a statement of loss based on a certain value, the number we’ve configured here is based on what the district’s looking at for longevity reasons and kind of a master plan for that.”
Hey said the spray foam roof at Ulysses High School will be able to be restored within the budget allowed by the insurance company with a 10-year water-tight warranty.
“We didn’t look at doing something drastic to that roof, we still know down the road we’ve got to do something for everything underneath that section of the building,” Burton said. “When we talked, we talked about how do we get ourselves four, five years down the road.”
Hey sad Hickock will not have a spray foam roof or a recoated system, the roofer will prep the roof, install its 900 psi recovery board and install a Duralast PVC roof system rated for severe hail.
“We’re kind of being able to utilize some of the funds from Ulysses High School - the coating there - to apply over towards to Hickock for the layover system there,” Hey said. “So now on that section we’ve got essentially a 20-year warranty.”
Kepley Middle School has several sections that each require different repairs.
“Based on the statement of loss and the total valuation, we’re actually $12,000 below once depreciation’s been recovered,” Hey said, adding that $1.8 million has been sent to the district with roughly another $710,000 in depreciation once work gets under way that will be dispersed and released back to the school district.
Hey said they can be onsite in the next few weeks because with the liquid-applied system, the widely-fluctuating fall temperatures are more challenging.
The trustees approved contracts for the roof repairs to Ulysses High School ($480,843.10), Hickock Elementary School ($741,784.05), and Kepley Middle School ($1,314,286.43). All of the repairs are covered by insurance.
In other business:
•Burton said the new track will be installed this week since the football season is over and before cold weather sets in. It should take around two weeks.
•The board approved Board Policy changes, the disposal of surplus equipment and a Memorandum of Understanding with Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital for the Kepley Middle School gym to be used for patients in times of emergency.
The board also approved a donation from Seaboard in the amount of $750.
•The trustees approved the resignation of Zoe Guerrero as a para at Sullivan Elementary School, and new contracts for three individuals. The trustees went into Executive Session for “Other” and took no action.
•The trustees approved paying bills in total of $733,651.43 as part of the consent agenda
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