Junior and senior high school students may begin the 2021-2022 school year in Ewing, if the new Summerland school isn’t completed when the first bell is scheduled to ring in August.

Superintendent Dale Martin told board members the construction project sounds like “it’s on track for the elementary to be out there.”

“The high school, still not as confident yet. Still could happen that we start there, but we should at least plan ... as a contingency plan.”

Martin said administrators met and devised a list of pros and cons for the Ewing and Orchard sites.

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