The Moran Township Board of Education welcomed Christopher Paquin of St. Ignace as the new Gros Cap School classroom paraprofessional during its meeting Monday, June 15. He will be the replacement for Monica Ellis.

Mr. Paquin attended Gros Cap School and has been a substitute teacher for Gros Cap, as well.

"We're extremely excited to have him," Superintendent William Peltier said.

In other school board business, repairs to the central area of the school were considered, with the project to begin next summer. Windows around the cafeteria, the gymnasium floor, and the roof were as cited as in need of improvement.

Mr. Peltier said if the board began now to create plans and solicit bids, the soonest construction could begin would be September 1. Since this would occur during class, he suggested, and the board concurred, that the board wait until January 1 to seek bids for the construction work. Construction would then take place next summer.

Cost estimates and funding are not yet known, he said, but the sinking fund, money devoted to school improvement projects, will be larger by January. He said the fund should have more than $300,000 by then, which should cover the project.