Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Issues with the building's fire alarms has forced the closure of Sleight School, seen here Monday.
By RICHARD JENKINS
IRONWOOD - While the Ironwood Area Schools hadn't planned on using the George N. Sleight School after this year, district officials didn't think they'd need a plan for life after Sleight so soon. However, the recent discovery of electrical issues has forced the district to move its timeline for closing the building forward, Superintendent Travis Powell said.
"This was an unexpected change - the closing of Sleight this suddenly - we thought we would have the rest of the year to be thoughtful and (plan) and come up with a great transition. And inste...
