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The Boerne Star
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
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The pitter patter of happy feet hit
the trails running as the Cibolo
Nature Center outdoor education
program moves into full swing. Last
year 3,500 school-aged children
from across the Hill Country partic-
ipated in hands-on, outside the box,
activities.
The schedule fills rapidly as teach-
ers, parents and students of all ages
take advantage of the unusual learn-
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Student favorites include Leaf
Rubbings, Birds Beak, Seed Hunt,
Creek Critters, Geology Walk, Din-
osaur Tracks and Trolleys, Re-
cycling Testing of Water, Animal
Skulls, Geology Hike, Camouflage
Game and much, much more.
Often, the most meaningful experi-
ence for the student takes place in
the solitary calm of nature inspires
and soothes.
The outdoor education program is
funded in part by the fall fund-rais-
er, Champaign Safari, conducted
this year at the Cibolo Nature Center
Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m.
The fund-raiser includes a hay-
covered wagon ride through the tall
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jazz music and an exciting safari
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to day operations of the Cibolo
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in Boerne
Dr. Coleen Grissom, the well-
known and very popular dean at
Trinity University, will be the
speaker at the Kendall County
Area Democratic Women’s
Annual Eleanor Roosevelt
Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 21.
Her presentation is entitled
“We’re Right - They’re
Wrong.” Dr. Grissom has
recently completed a new home
in the Hill Country. With the
excellent food and the wit of Dr.
Grissom, it should be a fun and
entertaining evening.
The event will be conducted at
the Culver Farms Barn, 22
Waring-Welfare Rd., Boerne,
and starts at 6 p.m. Evening
events will include a Silent
Auction and Cake Walk.
Reservations can be made by
mailing a check to the Demo-
cratic Club of Kendall County,
P.O. Box 1671," Boerne, TX:
78006 or by calling Jean
Robitaille at 981-4971. Tickets
are $25 per person.
Examining the roof collapse at
Boerne Middle School North
The collapse of the roof at Boerne
Middle School North (on Sept. 15)
may have been a blessing in dis-
guise, given that it occurred when
people were not present, and that it
• represents a new opportunity to
build a better structure using antici-
pated insurance settlement funds.
Visitors to Boerne Middle School
North, and especially those familiar
with the campus, will now see a
vastly different scene as compared
to early September on that campus.
As the engineers and architects
responded to the middle-of-the-
night collapse, it became increasing-
ly apparent that leaving any portion
of the auditorium intact was both
unsafe and impractical.
Therefore, the work done within
48 hours of the collapse consisted of
an almost total demolition of the
auditorium. The connection of that
auditorium to the main building was
sealed with the appropriate building
materials. The new construction
adjacent to the auditorium (which
would have been a new choir room)
was left standing free and clear from
INSIDE
BISD
Dr. John P. Kelly
SUPERINTENDENT
tures. Engineers found a 6-inch
accumulation of water on the floor
of the auditorium many hours after
the collapse. Some of this is theory
and is based on a look at the sur-
rounding roof areas, noting the pres-
ence of leaves and some lesser pond-
ing of the water nearby.
The structural engineers did an
analysis of the remaining portions of
the Middle School buildings and
concluded that no further danger of
collapse or weakening is present.
However, as a precaution, additional
drainage features were immediately
designed to supplement those
already present on roofs located
adjacent to the auditorium. Those
additional features are now in place.
Their net effect is to lessen and elim-
inate any ponding effect on the
sions. Although the preliminary fig-
ures are substantial, we are moving
cautiously, ensuring that full
replacement costs are reflected in
any agreed upon insurance settle-
ment.
Some of the lessons learned from
this potentially disastrous event are
as follows:
• The architectural phenomenon of
flat roofs in South Texas has perpet-
uated various types of problems
throughout the region. As we build
new roofs, we are designing them
with a substantial pitch- realizing
that although such roofs cost more
money, they are considerably safer
and longer lasting. (We have already
done this at our new schools and
with any of the BISD roofs con-
structed over the past 15 years.)
• Boerne ISD should do an exten-
sive structural analysis of all exist-
ing flat roofs and any other roofs
constructed more than 15 years ago.
(We are now working on this.)
• Especially during a drought, the
twice annual process of cleaning the
leaves off of the roof has been
the auditorium. (Changing plans for inate any ponding effect on the ordered for August, rather than late
that choir room await designs from remaining flat roof section of that September.
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the architects as theyeplan a totally
new facility.)
Demolition of the existing audito-
rium was done quickly, but the gen-
eral consensus of those who exam-
ined the damage is as follows: A
comparatively sudden, somewhat
substantial rainfall occurred quickly
during the night of the collapse.
Although the volume of the rain was
not extremely high, the water on the
flat roof over the auditorium was
likely blocked by an accumulation
of leaves (aided by drought condi-
tions this summer/fall), causing a
very heavy load to strain the older
roof structures directly over the
1929 auditorium. The weight of the
water and the leaves then likely
caused a buckling of the roof struc-
older building. Of course our people
will be up on that roof, examining
the scenario, when we get our next
substantial rainfall. We intend to
build a better auditorium in place of
the one that collapsed.
In addition to the need to build a
structure that will house more stu-
dents, we must meet the Americans
with Disabilities Act provisions. The
new facility may help us meet
district and community wide needs
I would like to assure the general
public that analysis of the remaining
portions of that building, as thor-
oughly examined by various engi-
neering and architectural profession-
als, indicates our students and staff
are safe. We will continue to be vig-
ilant on this issue. And we intend to
build a better auditorium in place of
the 1929 structure.
We are very grateful to the large
number of professionals, contrac-
for a larger and more comprehensive tors, architects, engineers, mainte-
place to hold various events. We nance people, city officials, inspec-
have been given preliminary infor- tors, the fire marshall, custodians,
mation from our insurance company principals, teachers, and staff who
indicating coverage for the demoli- responded to the unfolding events so
tion work we did, the cost of audito- that our school could be made safe
rium replacement, and the cost of for children a mere 3 days after the
compliance with the ADA provi- collapse.
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Keasling, Edna & Fierro, Jennifer. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 10, 2000, newspaper, October 10, 2000; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694151/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.