Andalusia Star News

A construction crew works at the AES site Monday of the system’s new sixth grade wing Monday.

High school work will take longer

Construction is on track for the new sixth grade wing at Andalusia Elementary School, Superintendent Ted Watson said.

On Monday – and despite rain drizzles in the morning – construction crews were busy at work on the AES campus. Some 15 workers were seen doing various tasks.

Watson said what crews were actually doing was installing water lines.

“Right, now that’s what they’re in the middle of – installing water lines,” Watson said. “They’re working on the footings as well, and I’ve been told that next week, we’ll have a slab poured. That means we’ll soon see the building go vertical.”

Watson said the system will have architectural renderings of the building to share next week.

“That building is the smallest of the two,” Watson said of the project that will create a “sixth grade academy” at the elementary school and move the remaining junior high grades to a separate facility on the high school campus. Plans include... READ MORE>