Flying Slates at the Islesboro Central School

Sandy Oliver

Islesboro Central School's roof is in such bad condition that several chunks of roofing, samples held here by custodian Richard Cilley, fell off, prompting Superintendent-Principal Michael Wright to have a protective barrier set up around the school. Stephen Blatt Architects of Portland have a scope-of-work agreement with the school committee to address the renovations and repairs at the school and prepare a plan for the work to present at the annual town meeting. A special town meeting, however, is set for Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. at the Kinnicutt Center to see whether the town will allow the school board to use the balance of a fund for capital improvements set aside a year ago for work on the school to allow Blatt to finish the plan.

Meanwhile, to address the roofing problem, Wright has applied for money from a revolving state fund for emergency repair work on schools.