Pittsford finds help in OH to save money on upgrades

by Justin Fish

With the falling economy, households are not the only ones suffering. Pittsford Area Schools has to cut back on a few things, but the school is in need of improvements. One school in Ohio is going to help, however.

Down in Fayette, Ohio, there is a school that is right next to a dangerous plant that emits toxins in the ground, which means that the school will have to be torn down. Much of the school is fairly new, which means that the equipment in that school is fairly new. We are getting tons of stuff which includes bleachers, windows, drinking fountains, mirrors, thermostats, white boards and some other random items. “We bought the windows for about 5% of what they would have originally cost, so we saved about $190,000 on just the windows alone,” said PHS principal Mr. Cook. Among the things we are getting are the bleachers which are in good shape. “We purchased the bleachers and brought those back, which are automatic and fully functional. We also got our old bleachers inspected over the summer. The braking systems on them were shot; as you noticed, when you sit on the bleachers, they would move. So that had to be all replaced. Without labor, fixing that problem would cost over $10,000,” commented Mr. Cook.

The school in Fayette has long been shut down to students, but they are not sure when they are going to tear it down. “They hope to tear it down sometime this month,” added Mr. Cook.

The biggest problems that most students have with our current school are the bathrooms. They only have two doors on four of the stalls, and even those can get redone. “Eventually we are going to build new bathrooms, so we are taking the urinals, the mirrors, toilets and sinks. Everything we are doing will not involve the sinking fund,” stated Mr. Cook. Thanks a factory dumping toxins into the ground in the great state of Ohio, we are saving money from the sinking fund and getting some bleachers (among many other things) at a greatly reduced cost.