Hastings opens for school year with new roof

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A brand new roof has been installed on Hastings Elementary School. (Photo/Tami White)

A brand new roof has been installed on Hastings Elementary School. (Photo/Tami White)

WESTBOROUGH – When students and staff returned to class on Wednesday, Aug. 28, they entered buildings and grounds that have been refurbished, redone and renewed.

That includes a brand-new roof for Hastings Elementary School on East Main Street.

Kelly Giacopello, director of building and grounds, told the School Committee during its meeting on Monday, Aug. 26, about the roof replacement and other projects that took place over the summer.

Approved at Annual Town Meeting in March, the roof, which was 27 years old, with failed seams and flashing, was replaced with a multi-ply redundant assembly. 

The new roof would be under warranty for 40 years, with a life expectancy of up to 50 years with proper maintenance.

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The roof became an issue in January, when heavy rain caused leaks in several areas. The School Department was granted an emergency waiver by the Department of Capital Asset Management to expedite the replacement of the roof.

According to Giacopello, the project took about four weeks to complete, “with no change orders” and within budget.

In addition to the roof, crews installed two sets of stairs for the stage, along with two water-filling stations with bubblers. A temporary classroom was built, and the hallways were painted.

This was the first part of the project to have Hastings comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. More work will be done next summer, said Giacopello.

Work was also done on the following facilities. At Westborough High School the handrails at the stairway to the auditorium refinished; two chillers were replaced; and the gym floor refinished. At Gibbons Middle School, the picnic tables were repaired and the gym floor was refinished.

At Armstrong Elementary School, there will be a new bottle filler/bubbler along with VCT tile replacement and painting. At Mill Pond Elementary School, there was interior painting and the gym floor was refinished, and at Fales Elementary School the rails were painted and the gym floor was refinished.

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