What a difference winter break can make on construction progress.

Lisbon Schools now has a certificate for occupancy for all the classroom spaces in the weight room and career and technical education wings of the building.

Board member John Baker said there are some final punch list items to the building contractors are working on finalizing in the spaces.

“The outside items are not being completed right now, due to winter, which includes the striping in the LECC parking lot and some of the curb work to the exterior streets,” Baker said. “Some of that will wait until later this spring.”

“That new industrial arts tech classroom feels vibrant, airy and spacious,” said superintendent Autumn Pino.

There are some final touches in that classroom that are ongoing, like installation of the welding booths and an air hose that needs to be installed and mounted.

Instructor Kirk Wischmeyer has chosen to begin his classes in the old space for the first few weeks of this semester, and will move students down to that space when some of the final work is completed.

“He just didn’t want students moving between the classroom space several feet down the hall and the space they’re using as a workshop,” Leighty explained.

The board is determining a date for an open house for the public to show off these new classroom spaces at the buildings.

“There is genuine excitement to have classes in some of these spaces, which is exciting to see,” Pino said.