In fact, C. J. Huff didn't speak to KZRG, but Joplin city officials, who were burned by C. J. Huff's commentr that there was no inspection at the high school Friday, provided their own statements to the radio station. The following came from City Manager Sam Anselm:
"There still are some issues with respect to the sprinkler and fire alarm components to that. Also the egress out of the building. Some of the exits blocked with furniture or other construction materials. They had requested a temporary certificate of occupancy. So we narrowed down some of the key essential life safety elements that they had to complete before we would issue that temporary certificate. Ad they are working to address those as we speak."
Anselm says that furniture and equipment would make it difficult for people to get out of the building in case of emergency.
To the jhs teacher who was calling people "idiots" on the KZRG story yesterday, please apologize. Apparently, you need to get more information, yourself. The majority of us have long since accepted that CJ Huff and his board will screw up our children's education in order to try and get another moment of glory out of this tragedy.
ReplyDeleteIf the Joplin Community was truthfully aware of what had gone on with the Joplin HS project they'd be furious. Instead of the education of the students, the board was more concerned about having "the only one" of many different aspects of the building. The job needs another 6-12 months to be finished adequately not 2 weeks. The deadline was never realistic. The project is $2million + over budget and not close to finished. Maybe the board can explain why a high school needs a $100,000+ light fixture?
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