FORT SCOTT — Photos of the USD 234 preschool building’s roof have the board asking whether it should come first in the long-running remodel.

“What’s the point in decking everything out on the inside?” a speaker asked at the board’s Oct. 12 meeting. The district had been told the roof was the least of its concerns, a speaker said, “but the pictures kind of show that it probably needs to be a concern.”

The project’s presenter showed south-facing shingles with granules gone. “That white spot is all the way through the shingle,” the presenter said, adding that the district should at least get quotes to replace those sections.

The presenter also said the shoring posts now holding up the building sit exactly where new footings must go, calling it “the most technical part of the project in my book.” Staff said the project will be a standing monthly agenda item.

As of Oct. 12, the presenter said the architects needed about two more weeks to finish the plans, followed by bid packages, a board walk-through and bids, about six to seven weeks in all. The playground will probably have to be raised, the presenter said, because the playground company says its footings are at grade level.