Board Pressing For Simms Revamp

$2M Project Would Return Building To Original Role

Posted: December 6, 2012

By EMILY SHARRER

Prekindergarten students attend class in a trailer outside Waterman Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. Seeking a new home for pre-K classes to take pressure off crowded schools, Harrisonburg City Schools is asking City Council to revamp the Lucy F. Simms Center for that purpose. (Photos by Stephen Mitchell / DN-R)
Prekindergarten students trek to recess from their trailer classroom at Waterman Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. Harrisonburg City Schools believes such kids might be better served in a renovated Simms school.

HARRISONBURG — With a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Harrisonburg City School Board cemented plans to pursue an approximately $2 million renovation project at the Lucy F. Simms Continuing...



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