Cheney to spend $1.2 million fixing five school roofs

Several Cheney School District facilities will be getting some needed repairs soon.

At their first regular monthly meeting April 16, the Cheney School Board unanimously approved a pair of bids for over $1.2 million of work on the roofs of five district schools. Krueger Sheet Metal will be performing $315,971 of repairs to Cheney High and Betz Elementary schools while Arrow Roofing is doing $894,138 of work to Salnave, Sunset and Windsor elementary schools.

District director of maintenance, operations and safety Jeff McClure told the board both contractors have good reputations and while the di...