School board approves more than $1 million in repair work

At Monday’s meeting, the Sidney school board approved bids for several construction projects to take place at some of its schools this summer.

These projects include roof work, heating and cooling upgrades and window replacement.

Right now its difficult to find competitive bids for construction projects, because of all the jobs going on in Sidney this summer, said Sidney Schools Superintendent Jay Ehler. All of the bids for these particular project came in at least a little higher than the school expected, he added.

Sidney schools are using qualified zone academy bonds to fund this wor...