Tennis court work to include asbestos abatement

Asbestos in the tennis courts? That's not something a school district normally expects to find, but indeed it is what Voorheesville officials discovered when they recently tested samples of the asphalt surface and the layers beneath its junior/senior high courts.

The 41-year-old tennis courts are scheduled to undergo major reconstruction this summer as part of the district's capital project, approved by voters last September. The discovery of asbestos means that workers will be taking extra precautions in the removal of the old courts to protect the health of nearby residents as well as themselves.

On June 29, High School Principal Mark Diefendorf sent a letter to all surrounding residents describing these precautions. For more information, contact Mark Diefendorf at 765-3314, ext. 209, or email him at markd@vcsdk12.org. Also, please visit our Capital Project web page.