Update: All of Gladbrook school likely to be torn down

By: 
Robert Maharry

After initial reports in The Grundy Register last week indicated that the city of Gladbrook and G-R officials hoped to at least salvage the swimming pool and fitness center if the now-vacant campus there was demolished, unexpected expenses and an inability to find staff have increased the likelihood that the entire building will be torn down as early as next year.
           
“I’m about 75 percent sure it’s all coming down now. The whole works will be in the hands of the school district,” Gladbrook Mayor Keith Sash said. “We decided that there are too many good pools around us. As a city, we’re probably going to give it up.”
           
According to Sash, at least $25,000 worth of new maintenance will be required to keep the pool—first built in 1968—operational, and the City of Toledo, which Gladbrook had contracted with for lifeguard and administration services, has not been able to find a manager. 
 
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