While the calendar has moved into a new year, a project is still ongoing for the Perry Community School District. 

Perry Superintendent Clark Wicks says progress has been made for the renovations to the middle school, including completing four new rooms, of which three are already in operation.  Wicks says the remaining parts of the project include the main office, along with the Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Lab and the cafeteria.

“Those three things we hope to be wrapping up by February 14th and then we will all be in there and it will be all functioning. So, that’s our goal and we are sticking to it.”

Wicks tells Raccoon Valley Radio construction has been underway since last summer but the planning portion of the project began even before that. 

“It’s going to be going close to a year and if you include all of the preparation it’s a year-and-a-half (to) two years into that thing. So, we are going to be proud of it. I think it’s going to look sharp.”

The funding for this project came from a $10 million revenue bond that was previously approved by the school board.