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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The new classrooms slated for Green T. Lindon Elementary and Youngsville Middle schools may not be ready for students by the start of the school year in August and officials blame a frigid winter and strong rainstorms.
The two schools, both located in fast-growing Youngsville, face major overcrowding. At Lindon, the number of classes housed in portable buildings outside actually outnumbers classrooms inside the school.
Construction on projects to add new classroom space started last year with the goal of completing the first phases in time for the start of school in the fall.
"Our original plan to try to get the first phase of work done to move in when school starts is not looking too great unless it would stop raining and they could get all the work done this summer," Kyle Bordelon, Lafayette Parish School System facilities planning director, told The Advocate ((http://bit.ly/1nwOMP3).
A band of thunderstorms shut down work at the sites yet again on Tuesday.
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