School board tours Jennings levy projects

The Jennings Elementary School office is nearing completion, after a few delays keeping it unfinished and passing the goal of opening Aug. 15. Meanwhile, the Jennings gym improvements have been held back by an asbestos discovery.

Colfax School District Superintendent Michael Morgan showed the school board the new office space Monday. The gym and office construction is all part of a $250,000 security and capital improvements levy passed in April.

A new nurse’s room allows the nurse to see students in the sickroom, as it is all one space now. A long desk was framed by Morgan, with countertops pl...