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Leaking roofs. Rappahannock's version of the Chinese water torture, continue to plague the county school board.
At last Tuesday's meeting, superintendent Robert Estabrook reported that both the elementary and high school roofs are leaking and that the problems “appear to be spreading...It's quite urgent now." he said, adding that he’d received a call that day from elementary principal Mrs. Maggie Piper with news of more leaks.
Nelson Lane, appointed by the board as a committee of one to investigate the roofing situation, said he'd been up on both roofs and found materials in good shape, at least at the elementary school.
Basically, the elementary school has a new roof—albeit a leaky one—following the replacement of three sections (library, cafeteria and kitchen and classroom wing) by contractor William Otis, according to Lane.
But the replacement project, which cost more than $25,000 and took two years, was never completed, he added. Gravel was taken up. holes patched and the entire surface primed and then covered with a coat of sealer. Another coat of sealer and replacement of gravel was necessary to finish but the work was never scheduled. Lane said.
“We stopped in the middle of the road,” he said, noting that Otis had the “absolute expectation" of coming back the following year to apply a second coat and regravel the roof.
During the inspec*'nn trip on the roof with Otis, Lane said, the contractor took a trowel and patched several leaks, reportedly at no charge. "I think we're looking at minor patching," concluded Lane, basing his contention on the contractor's opinion. He did acknowledge, however, that a rotational maintenance system will have to be kept up with sections of the elementary roof worked on each year to stop and prevent leaks.
Leak At RCHS
“I’m sorry to say that we’re now getting increased concern from the high school principal about leaks there," the superintendent interjected.
Lane added that the RCHS roofing material is much more worn than the
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