Crews continue working on the gym floor at the John Glenn High School. The floor had to be replaced due to damage made by termites this spring.
Maintenance Director Shelby Gibson told the John Glenn School Board members last week that most of the floor was torn up by hand. Other equipment will be brought in to remove the mastic substance from the concrete. Once that is removed, crews can look at the concrete to see if there needs to be any repairs. Gibson noted that until they can see how the concrete looks, there is currently no timeline for completion.
An effort to save portions of the gym floor could not be done as Gibson said the floor was nailed every eight inches into all of the 1X4 subflooring. Gidson added that the mastic substance also made it very difficult to salvage any type of memorabilia of the floor to be displayed in the school or even offer portions to the public in a fundraising sale.
When the gym floor is complete, new ADA compliant bleachers will be installed. They should be delivered to the school corporation some time in October.
Until the floor is done and the bleachers are installed, many sporting events that take place in the gym will be moved to the North Liberty gymnasium.
