Jackson Schools Approve Bid Fro JCMS And JCHS Parking Lot Project

The Jackson County School Board approved a $79,900 bid for a paving project at the Jackson County Middle and High Schools.

Director of Schools Kristy Brown said that the project would be funded out of an epidemiology grant.

“Some of the repairs at Jackson County Middle School parking lot will be addressed,” Brown said. “And then the resealing of that parking lot the teacher’s parking lot at Jackson County High School will be done and I look forward to that project being completed.”

Maintenance Technician Josh Morgan said that the work will include digging out sinkholes, repacking them, and repaving them. The bid for the work was originally put out last month with no successful bidders. This month only one was received from Copeland.

Brown said that the epidemiology grant money must be spent and work completed by a June 30th deadline. Morgan said that the work will be hopefully get done over spring break.