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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board may have voted to buy modular classrooms to house students during construction of a new high school, but the plan isn&#8217;t etched in stone. Solicitor Ray Wendolowski said additional proposals are still under review since that vote earlier this month, and he will be presenting them to the board.&#8220;I will share additional information with the board in the very near future with regards to the housing of students during the construction project,&#8221; Wendolowski said. &#8220;The board is open to looking at all available options and continues to do so.&#8221;The current plan calls for a new building at the current Coughlin High School site. Grades nine and 10 could move to the renovated Mackin Elementary building as early as January after Christmas break. Higher grades would be generally restricted to the newer annex of the building for the rest of this school year.The board is hoping to start razing Coughlin as early as next summer, and needs a place to house those higher grades. It voted on Nov. 9 to purchase modular classrooms at an estimated cost of at least $2.25 million.But no quotes have been obtained or contracts inked, Wendolowski said, and other possibilities continue to emerge. He declined to give details until the full board is informed.Superintendent Bernard Prevuznak said district officials have met with people and with area contractors about options in recent months, and that the board&#8217;s feasibility committee, which has been spearheading the project, met Monday, but offered no specifics.&#8220;We look at everything,&#8221; Prevuznak said. &#8220;Everything is on the table.One option that had been considered prior to the vote on modulars was purchasing a nearby building, with the Times Leader offices on North Main Street as a likely option. Some board members and district officials toured the building Oct. 26.Civitas Media, the parent company of Times Leader, has opted to centralize staff at a second building on Market Street that houses the printing press, and put the North Main Street building on the market through Lewith &amp; Freeman Real Estate. The agency&#8217;s website currently lists the selling price at $1.35 million.Asked about rumors that a local contractor had proposed buying the Times Leader building and leasing it to the district, no one contacted would comment. Board Member John Quinn, who has staunchly pushed the board to do something about its three aging high schools, noted he had suggested using the Times Leader building in some capacity for the last year, but said he is unaware of any proposal currently under consideration.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Mark Guydishmguydish@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</shirttailMeta></div>

Modular classrooms not final option for W-B Area