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FAIRBURY PUBLIC Schools offi cials have been notified by Con gressman Bereuter’s office and the EPA that District 8 has been awarded $600,806 in federal assis tance for the abatement of the asbes tos hazard that is present in several of the district’s schools. Dr. Mark Alderman, superinten dent of schools, stated that the finan cial assistance resulted from the grant/loan program that was made available by the federal govern ment. Alderman went on to state that District 8 would receive $281,176 in outright grant and $319,630 in no interest loans that will be paid back over a 20-year period. Stanley L. Peters and Associates, an architectural and engineering firm located in Lincoln, prepared the grant applications for the school. Greg Ridgway, branch manager and author of the grants, stated that he was pleased with the results for the Fairbury Public Schools. Ridgway said that the total amount awarded to all Nebraska institutions over the last four years and prior to this grant was esti mated at $900,000, which magnifies the success of Fairbury grant/loan award. Initial cost estimates for District 8 were in excess of one million dollars. Details of the method of funds distribution to the district were not immediately available. Richard Zimmerman, school board president, said that “‘like all other school districts we continue to strive to provide top quality educa tion to our students without be coming tax poor.” Zimmerman went on to state that ‘this will be a great help to us all by allowing us to spend district money on education and not on asbestos clean-up.”’ The Fairbury Public Schools had recently received notification that the district would receive up to $12,500 from the Nebraska Energy Office to study possible energy sav ings projects in five of the district's school buildings. According to Alderman, the intent of school officials is to ‘‘dovetail’’ energy efficiency projects with as bestos abatement projects to further reduce the ‘‘out of pocket’’ cost to the local taxpayer. Dr. Alderman said strategic plan ning committees were organized in February to develop plans for 11 school goals that were later estab lished for 1989. Of the 47 suggested goals, asbestos abatement was the highest priority goal for the district. School officials and board members felt that they needed to provide a safer environ ment for the students and staff members of the district. With the financial boost of $600,806 from the federal government school officials estimate that abatement projects would be initiated within the next year.
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Fairbury Journal News
Fairbury, Nebraska, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1989
Page 3
Full Page
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