Michael Katzenmoyer, left, Pottsgrove School District's director of facilities and physical plants, fits a hard hat atop the head of a Ringing Rocks Elementary School student who joined in Thursday's ground-breaking event.
POTTSTOWN PA – Administrators, faculty members and students alike celebrated last Thursday afternoon (Sept. 9, 2010) as ground was officially broken for the renovation and expansion of the Pottsgrove School District’s Ringing Rocks Elementary School, 1401 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. Contractors started some of the work almost two weeks ago, but tossing aside a silver-plated shovelful of dirt usually adds a final touch to the end of a long planning process.
Conducting earth-moving duties, above, on behalf of the district administration were, from left, Superintendent Dr. Bradley Landis, Business Administrator David Nester, Assistant Superintendent Shellie Feola, school board members Philip Keogh, Patricia Grimm, and David Faulkner, and Director of Facilities and Physical Plants Michael Katzenmoyer. A team of school pupils, below, led by Ringing Rocks Principal Michelle Bozzini, left, repeated the effort.
Then as Bozzini gave an interview to a local television crew, bottom right, a young student – shovel and hard hat in hand – made his way back to his classroom and the joy of learning. During the renovations, Ringing Rocks students and teachers are housed at the former St. Pius X High School building on North Keim Street, Pottstown. Three teachers there separately have confirmed the nickname staff members have given to their temporary quarters: they call it “Saint Rocks.”
Related (to Ringing Rocks Elementary School renovations):
- Digging’s Done, Now Real Work Starts At Ringing
- Ringing Rocks Ground-Breaking Set For Thursday
- After Month’s Work, Pius Deemed Set For Ringing Pupils
- Ringing Rocks Bids Accepted, At $1.5 Million Less
- Final Words On Ringing Rocks: Okey-Dokey
- Ringing Rocks Gets Final Plan OK
- Borrowing Authorized For Ringing Rocks Project
- Pottsgrove Signs Pius Lease For Ringing Students
- Pottsgrove Authorizes Pius Lease For Ringing Relocation
- Call Goes Out For Ringing Rocks Construction Bids
- Board OKs Ringing Rocks’ Preliminary Plans
- School Vestibule Design OK; No Decision On Rocks’ Relocation
- Ringing Rocks Plan Approval Held Until May
- Ringing Relocation Decision Deferred Again
- Township Legal Move Saves District Time, Money
- Economic Tales, Exec Sessions, And Long Night At Pottsgrove
- Geothermal Now ‘Locked’ Into Ringing Re-Build
- How Estimated Costs For Ringing Shape Up
- Less Is More In School Project, Planners Learn
- Bids Sought For Ringing Project Asbestos Removal
- Ringing Relocation Decision Possible In Two Weeks
- Restaurant, Ringing Projects Win Conditional Uses
- Ringing Rocks, Restaurant Hearing Topics Tonight
- Pottsgrove Student Enrollment: Up? Yes. Down? Yes Again
- Green Discussion At Ringing Results In Red Faces
- Pottsgrove, Archdiocese Still Discussing Pius Lease
- Ringing Rocks Relocation Discussion Set For Tonight
- In The Ringing Rebuild, Whither Pius?
- Ringing Rocks Relocation Plan: Modulars At MS
- Ringing Rocks Construction Cost Hearing Tonight
- Planners OK Ringing Rocks Land Sketch
- District Sets Dec. 3 Hearing On Rocks Budget
- Pottsgrove Asks State Help To Pay For Ringing Re-Build
- As School Opens, Progress On Ringing Rocks’ Project
- Surprise Enrollment Spurs Demographic Interest
- District Assembles Ringing Rocks Planning Team
- District OKs Architect Negotiations
- Consensus On Ringing Renovations: $16M
- Ringing Rocks Proposals Aired Tuesday
- Ringing Rocks Re-Examined April 14
- Pottsgrove To Trust-But-Verify On Ringing Plans
- Ringing Rocks Plans Take Another Step
- No Shortage Of Ideas At Pottsgrove Meeting
- Weigh In On Pottsgrove Renovations
- Framing The Rocks Discussion
- Response Mixed To Pottsgrove Improvements
- District Invites Public For Study Results
- A Different Rocks, But Only As A Concept
Photos by Beth Trapani for the Pottsgrove School District
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