Mineola School Board chooses company for construction of new high school band hall

Posted 10/22/20

Sherrill Construction was named the construction manager at-risk for the expansion and renovations of the Mineola High School band facilities Monday night.

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Mineola School Board chooses company for construction of new high school band hall

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Sherrill Construction was named the construction manager at-risk for the expansion and renovations of the Mineola High School band facilities Monday night.

Sherrill was one of two finalists for the job, and the company spokesman said the firm would get started the next day.

The project includes an additional band hall, renovations to the current facility and the adjacent back-stage area of the auditorium and expansion of the parking area east of the facility.

Among the topics addressed was the timing of relocating utility lines under the building to coincide with the holiday break so that disruption of utilities would not impact the high school and elementary school campuses.

The project is expected to take about eight months to complete at a cost of just over $1.7 million.

The board also learned that City National Bank in Mineola is donating $25,000 to the district for the purchase of a new scoreboard in the high school gym.

Assistant Superintendent David Sauer announced a new partnership, which the board approved, with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.

“They have seen the strength of our program,” Sauer said of the district’s growing career and technology program in medical areas.

The students would have opportunities for internships, work study programs and other avenues.

And when UT-Tyler gets its new medical school opened, its aim will be to recruit students from East Texas. Having students already engaged with the university should give them an advantage toward getting into that program, he noted.