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Seen on the news today that Sheldon Clark could be forced to closed due to structual damage to the school thats made it an unsafe.
What could this mean for sports if the kids are forced to attend somewhere else? Its kind of came out of nowhere.

Heres the story....

INEZ, Ky. (WYMT) - Less than two weeks before the first day of school the Martin County School Board is considering shutting down Sheldon Clark High School because of safety concerns.

Some feel the walls could cave in anytime.

With the first day of school set for August 7, many folks in Martin County are wondering if they will even have a high school to go to.

"The concerns that we have is due to the safety of the building primarily because of the age of the building, the original construction and design of the building," said Martin County Superintendent Steven Meadows.

Board members say what worries them are cracks in the walls of the school and some in the floors that they believe are getting worse because of road construction and blasting nearby.

The blasting is going on just on the other side of a mountain beside the school, and some school board members say if it continues the school is not structurally sound enough to be in.

Based on an engineering report done on the school, some board members believe it is a safety hazard at any time.

"If you read the report it said that the school could not, lacked the structural integrity, that if you had a significant seismic wind or blast event the school could possibly collapse," said School Board Member Gary Ball.

Now it comes to deciding if it is safe enough to keep open.

"We're going to have to make other plans. We're going to have to do something as far as I'm concerned," said Ball.

They all say with staff and student safety their number one priority a decision will have to come soon.

The superintendent says they do have a contingency plan to move students into another school, but they are still determining how they will handle that.

Board members say they will hold a meeting Thursday night to discuss the school's future.
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