Fort Scott Community College classes started Aug. 19, but a few of the renovations and additions are not quite finished.

 

FSCC instructor Sarah Sutton said, “The goal is to have everything completed by the end of September for the (FSCC) Centennial Celebration.” Sutton teaches in Burris Hall.

 

Burris Hall has an additional building space, while the existing building was remodeled.

Sample drilling for the project site began last June 2018, and the contract was let out for bid in February 2019, according to info from Darlene Wood,  assistant to the president.

 

Actual construction began in late May 2019, Crossland Construction Foreman Cory Spear, said.

 

“We are down to the punch list,” Spear said. “We are awaiting the architects, Hight Jackson, with a list of corrective actions, things that need to be fixed.”

 

Burris Hall is the agriculture department of the campus. Three to four classrooms are housed here, as well as offices for the instructors.

 

 

There is also a large room in the addition with a kitchenette off to one side.

“This room can be used for a classroom if needed,” Wood said.  “It can also be scheduled for meetings on campus or for community events.”

“The money was all donated by the estates of Chester Boileau and Lonnie Cleavers,” FSCC President Alysia Johnston said.  “We chose to add on and remodel the agriculture building to honor their legacies, as agriculture was their livelihood.” The amount was $930,000.