NEW CUMBERLAND – With their academic year set to begin next week, officials with Hancock County Schools are working to put the finishing touches on several improvement projects undertaken during the summer.

During Monday’s meeting of the Hancock County Board of Education, Superintendent Dan Enich offered a reminder that teachers are set to report for their first day of work on Aug. 18, with students set to begin classes Aug. 22.

Enich also noted, while students’ first day is on a Friday, it will be a full day of classes, with no early dismissal.

In the meantime, several ongoing projects are progressing, with some approaching completion.

“We have a lot of projects going on,” Enich said.

Among those has been the paving and striping of several parking areas at the county’s school facilit

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