SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – The Springfield Board of Education approved spending more than $2.3 million Tuesday night to repair Williams Elementary School, which was damaged in an April hailstorm.
The vote came six months after the storm.
Williams Elementary hit hardest
Shawn Dilday, executive director of operations for Springfield Public Schools, said 14 schools were significantly damaged in the hailstorm. He said Williams Elementary was the worst.
“It was a total loss as far as the roof and metal goes. We’ll be replacing all the roofing materials and metal,” Dilday said.
Why the process took six months
Dilday said six months may seem like a long time, but the process takes a while…