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JEFCOED announces delayed opening of new Fultondale High School
Chip Scarborough
Anchor/Reporter
JEFCOED announces delayed opening of new Fultondale High School
WELL, IT鈥橲 ALMOST TIME FOR HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL. AND STUDENTS AT ONE CENTRAL ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ARE STARTING THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR VIRTUALLY WHILE WORK ON THEIR NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WRAPS UP. 米兰体育 13, CHIP SCARBOROUGH BURROW IS LIVE AT THE NEW FULTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES AND CHIP, THIS WAS NOT THE SCHEDULE ADMINISTRATORS HAD IN MIND. NO, IT SURE WASN鈥橳 GLADYS SUPERINTENDENT DR. WALTER JOHNSON SAYS THE HOPE WAS TO HAVE THE NEW SCHOOL READY AND TIME FOR THE FIRST DAY. THIS COMING TUESDAY. BUT HE SAYS IT鈥橲 GOING TO TAKE JUST A TAD LONGER. DR. JOHNSON SAYS THE NEW BUILDING WAS INSPECTED THIS PAST THURSDAY AND ALL THE MAJOR ITEMS ON THE LIST PAST. HE SAYS THERE ARE STILL A FEW MINOR THINGS TO FINISH, RESULTING IN E-LEARNING. FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF SCHOOL. DR. JOHNSON SAYS THIS MADE THE MOST SENSE SO STAFF COULD FOCUS ON GETTING THE NEW SCHOOL READY INSTEAD OF HOLDING CLASSES IN THE TEMPORARY SCHOOL. THE OLD FULTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, WAS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHY THE PROJECT HAS TAKEN SO LONG. WELL, LET ME SAY THIS FOR A TYPICAL SCHOOL TO BE BUILT, A HIGH SCHOOL, IT TAKES BETWEEN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND AND SO WE ARE NEARING THAT MARK OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS. SO I DON鈥橳 KNOW IF IT TOOK LONG THAN IT鈥橲 SUPPOSED TO TAKE, BUT IT MIGHT SEEM THAT TO OTHERS. AND DR. GONSOLIN WANTS TO STRESS THE E-LEARNING DAYS ONLY APPLY TO THE NEW FULTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL. EVERYBODY ELSE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY STARTS IN PERSON. THIS COMING TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 8TH. LIVE IN FULTONDALE IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUN
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JEFCOED announces delayed opening of new Fultondale High School
Chip Scarborough
Anchor/Reporter
Students at one Central Alabama high school will start the new academic year virtually while work on their new school wraps up. Superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin says the hope was to have the new school ready in time for the first day on Aug. 8, but he says it's going to take just a tad longer. Gonsoulin says the building was inspected this past Thursday and all of the major items on the list passed. He says there are still a few minor things to finish, resulting in e-learning for the first four days of school. Gonsoulin says e-learning made the most sense to allow staff time to focus on getting the new school ready, instead of holding in-person classes in a temporary school. The former Fultondale High was destroyed by a tornado in early 2021. Some have questioned why the rebuilding process has taken as long as it has. "Well, let me say this," Gonsoulin said. "For a typical school to be built, a high school, it takes between, about two-and-a-half years. And so, we are nearing that mark of two-and-a-half years. So, I don't know if it took longer than it was supposed to take, but it might seem that to others."Gonsoulin says the e-learning days only apply to Fultondale High School. All other schools in Jefferson County will begin in-person learning on Tuesday, Aug. 8.
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Students at one Central Alabama high school will start the new academic year virtually while work on their new school wraps up.

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Superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin says the hope was to have the new school ready in time for the first day on Aug. 8, but he says it's going to take just a tad longer. Gonsoulin says the building was inspected this past Thursday and all of the major items on the list passed. He says there are still a few minor things to finish, resulting in e-learning for the first four days of school.

Gonsoulin says e-learning made the most sense to allow staff time to focus on getting the new school ready, instead of holding in-person classes in a temporary school. The former Fultondale High was destroyed by a tornado in early 2021. Some have questioned why the rebuilding process has taken as long as it has.

"Well, let me say this," Gonsoulin said. "For a typical school to be built, a high school, it takes between, about two-and-a-half years. And so, we are nearing that mark of two-and-a-half years. So, I don't know if it took longer than it was supposed to take, but it might seem that to others."

Gonsoulin says the e-learning days only apply to Fultondale High School. All other schools in Jefferson County will begin in-person learning on Tuesday, Aug. 8.