JMUES Front Entrance Getting an Upgrade

Work is well underway at James Mastricola Upper Elementary School to reconfigure the front entrance to create a secure front door to the school.

In December, School Superintendent Marge Chiafery said JMUES was the only school in the district without a locked entrance where a secretary is there to buzz people into the building.

It was an item that the school board included in its budget this year and Chiafery said just a couple days after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that it had been on the table before tragedy struck the New England state.

The project was part of the district's maintenance budget at a cost of $328,000.

Photos of the work being done have been added to the SAU 26 homepage. Check them out here.