SPASH closed over break
March 10, 2020
Erich Vanblargan
THE MIRROR
The western side of Stevens Point Area High School will be closed from March 14 to March 22 for the removal of asbestos from around the air ducts and water pipes in the ceiling.
During spring break the areas between the front door and a la carte toward the student parking lots will be closed for asbestos abatement that will take place through that area.
This is not an optional closing as asbestos breaks down into thin fibers that are easily inhaled. These fibers, when inhaled, cause throat irritation, coughing, breathing problems and irritation of the lungs. For those reasons the asbestos around the air ducts and vents is being replaced as it has begun to degrade due to old age and is disrupted due to ceiling removals.
The asbestos removal is not all that will be occurring during spring break. There will also be New LED lighting, a heating and air conditioning system, electrical cablings and cables for the school’s computer network and Wi-Fi will also be added.
The new heating and air-conditioning systems will improve ventilation capabilities.
New electric cabling will provide cleaner connections between needed areas as well as increasing the capacity of the outlets and other electronic appliances. The Wi-Fi network will also be getting some much-needed attention in order to speed up the Wi-Fi and ensure a better connection.
The asbestos abatement will be completed and cleaned up before school starts on March 23 while the rest of the improvements will be finished before August.
Larson Lewis • Mar 27, 2020 at 2:37 PM
It’s great to see all these improvements being added to our school since we are a pretty big school. Now they have even more time to get these done if they need the time and I didn’t know the tech ed rooms got new lights.
Noah Viegut • Mar 26, 2020 at 12:50 PM
I never knew that asbestos could cause that much irritation to your lungs. I wonder if they knew that was going to be a problem before they took the ceiling out.
McKenna Coyle • Mar 26, 2020 at 11:36 AM
I wrote about the construction but this is a great article to follow the one I wrote. It goes better in depth about what exactly the asbestos abatement is and why they decided to do it over spring break.
Kenny Schultz • Mar 26, 2020 at 10:51 AM
I think it’s great that these workers can fix the asbestos abatement soon. I did not know that this could result in such serious effects. But great job!
Kaitlyn Flanagan • Mar 24, 2020 at 8:48 AM
When reading this I liked the details you added and you didn’t stop at they are doing construction work… you added talk about doing the light fixtures and the wifi too.
Erich Vanblargan • Mar 13, 2020 at 1:44 PM
I am kind of embarrassed when I wrote this article I had been told that these lights (in picture above) would be the ones that would be used throughout the school however it would seem that the lights like the ones that are currently hanging from the ceiling are going to be used instead. I am also kind of saddened by this because after walking out of the welding room to take photos of those lights I realized just how dimly lit the hallways were. It was like walking down the hallway of a slasher, or paranormal film.
Mazie Maluka • Mar 13, 2020 at 1:19 PM
Well this might be the only good thing about spring break being extended because the workers will have more time to work without students in the building. I loved how this piece was really focused on the asbestos removal but in the end you added the blurb about the Wi-Fi improvement.