Work starts on Colfax school project

Sometime Wednesday morning the first auditorium seat bolt was to be pulled by contractors to begin the Colfax school remodeling project after two years of planning, including funding approval by voters for an $18.9 million bond passed in February 2018.

In the past two weeks, district staff and students – including P.E. classes – cleared out designated rooms in the high school to prepare for contractors to start over spring break.

“They will begin in earnest at the high school,” said Superintendent Jerry Pugh.

Areas cleared for the first phase of work are the library and second-floor south-faci...