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By FRANK RIGGS
Staff Writer
EAST SHOE, Minn.--The East Shoe School Board Monday tabled a decision whether to issue a call for bid specifications for a $1.5 million bonding request to be applied to required renovation of the city's elementary education facility.

There are a number of studies by qualified experts hired by the school board to study the structure which show deterioration of the roof and athletic facility, according to school board reports. "We also need to deal with possible asbestos contamination in the basement," said superintendent Irving C. Nern. He added that in the unlikely eventuality that educational facilitators need to traverse the stairway to the substructure for supplies, they may encounter various difficulties negotiating around possible hazardous materials.

"We could use sizzors to cut out the hazardous material ourselves," stated Nern, "but the state requires professional removal, and thats costly."
It is the school board's standard position that property taxes increase no more than 2 percent a year, but school board chair Mary Smith said she is ready to make a revision to that policy. Reviewing the report, she said, "I can see that we'll need to think about spending big money to make our students safe," she said. She made her comment after reviewing the report by experts hired to study the structure of the school for hazards needing correction.

What the school board plans to do next is examine options for cost and effectiveness. There are a number of building contractors in the city interested in submitting a bid for the remodeling. Several of their spokesmen spoke at the meeting, including speaker Jane Jones, CEO of Jones Construction Co., who said it would be efficacious to expidite the bidding process at the board's earliest convenience, so that a contractor could begin the process of planning the remodeling and refurbishment project. "We need time to order materials," she added.

There is one hurdle remaining before the board can take action, however: the voters. Polls have shown city residents are normally unwilling to pay more taxes for publically-funded building and remodeling projects. "We'll have to convince them that this is in their best interest in the long run," said Peterson.