COLUMBIANA The Columbiana Board of Education will soon be taking the next step with regards to the roof over South Side Middle School.

During a special meeting Thursday the board heard presentations from two manufacturers and one local roofing company representing a manufacturer.

The manufacturers are on a state bidding system and estimates range from $300,000 to $750,000.

The companies all offer 20-year warranties, although specifics of those warranties differ. If approved by the board, the district will contract with the manufacturer, which will then hire contractors for the work.

The local roofing company, Boak and Sons, already has a maintenance contract with the district and presented on behalf of Duro-Last, a manufacturer of prefabricated roofing systems.

"It looks like you guys are just fighting it tooth and nail," Boak employee Chris White said of the roof's leaking that has caused damage to insulation and ceiling tiles in classrooms and hallways.

The damage has resulted in the district opting to move students out of the 1962 edition to the 1969 edition of the school and even Joshua Dixon Elementary on the other side of town.

The district is hoping to have the roof replaced before the next school year in order to have students back in the middle school. The board was originally hoping to replace the flat roof with a pitched roof using tax revenue generated from a 29-year bond issue, but the bond has been rejected by voters three times since 2012.

A pitched roof has been estimated at upwards of $1 million while a flat roof is significantly less, and money for the new flat roof is coming out of the general fund.

White said in addition to the "extensive history of leaks," the 45,000-square-foot roof over the 50-year-old structure has "severe blistering" of the surface and widespread splits throughout.

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