Repairs to water-damaged wing at Columbia Falls High School on track
Superintendent Cory Dziowgo inside the classroom wing of Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. A late-July rainstorm caused significant water damage after ongoing roof construction left the wing exposed. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Work continues in one of the hallways inside the classroom wing at Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A partition around a temporary classroom inside the library at Columbia Falls HIgh School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Ceiling tiles are replaced inside one of the classrooms at Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A classroom set up inside the wrestling room at Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Work continues inside one of the classrooms at Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Superintendent Cory Dziowgo descends a staircase inside the classroom wing of Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. A late-July rainstorm caused significant water damage after ongoing roof construction left the wing exposed. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Work continues in one of the hallways inside the classroom wing at Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Chairs and other items are temporarily stored inside a greenhouse outside Columbia Falls High School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The classroom wing of the school was soaked by a late-July rainstorm after ongoing roof construction left the wing uncovered. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Construction to repair a water-damaged wing of Columbia Falls High School is on track to be completed soon, with displaced staff and students moving in Oct. 25.
The school faced a rocky start and quick planning before students arrived for the first day of school Sept. 3 following a roof replacement, small fire and rainstorm that flooded the east wing.
While that section of the building undergoes repairs from the water damage, hundreds of students are bussed daily to Glacier Gateway Elementary and the former Canyon Elementary building for some classes. Staff and students moved to a block schedule, which means longer, but fewer classes a day on an A-B rotation.
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