The Haines Borough School District is seeking an additional $250,000 from the State of Alaska for the high school gym floor replacement project, owing to a recent $130,000 estimate for asbestos abatement.
The district received $250,000 for the project last year.
The asbestos is contained in the glue that attaches the playing court’s maple flooring tiles to a cork subfloor, superintendent Michael Byer said this week. The cost of asbestos work wasn’t known when the…
