New Structural Report Finds More Problems At Meyers, Deems It Still Safe

WILKES-BARRE — The rumors circulating about a week ago sounded pretty dire: Did you hear? Something shifted by, like, a foot in Meyers High School cafeteria and they’ll have to close the school!” Well, not so much. Both Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent Brian Costello and solicitor Ray Wendolowski said that, yes, an oral report on a recent structural inspection — done periodically to make sure the aging building is still safe — found some expansion of existing cracks and other issues, but nothing serious enough to keep students from returning in the fall. Wendolowski said a written report would be forthcoming from Thomas Leonard of TBL Engineering, the firm that has been conducting the inspections.