The Coupeville High School gym got a seating upgrade in recent years. Time for the school’s PAC to join the modern world. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
New seats, after 30 years.
That’s the plan, as Coupeville School District officials are moving forward on a project to replace the seats in the high school/middle school Performing Arts Center.
The project, set for summer 2024, is projected to cost $284,000 and is covered by a capital projects levy.
Approval is on the agenda for the final school board meeting of the year, which goes down next Thursday, Dec. 14 in the Kathleen Anderson Boardroom on the CHS campus.
The meeting starts at 5:30 PM and is open to the public, while also being available to stream.
The PAC seats are original to the building, and date back to 1994, said Facilities Director Scott Losey.
In his letter to board members, he details the many problems with the ageing seats.
They are old enough the district can’t replace parts anymore, so “as the seats break, they are replaced with ones from the top rows to keep the lower ones in operation.
“The difficulty of operation of setting them up and taking them down has become a great undertaking,” Losey added.
“This typically takes the physical strength of multiple people. So, for the health and safety of our staff and specifically our maintenance and custodial staff replacement is needed.”
Losey also states “the seating will be more comfortable than current seats and the arm rests are flexible as we have the ability to move them up and down.”
To see the proposal from Nor-Pac Seating, pop over to:
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