Pacheco High School project manager Lonnie Poindexter and son Lonnie Jr., informed Los Ba&#241;os Unified School District board members last week that the school construction site has reached its 75 percent completion mark.</p><p>Lonnie Poindexter, Jr. said while the project is going well and moving forward at a steady pace, F&H Construction Superintendent Jim Robertson has asked for 19 additional construction days because of inclement weather.</p><p>The original completion date stated in the contract with the district was July 15. This request may push the completion day out to Aug. 3.</p><p>Board of Trustees President Dennis Areias expressed his concern with the request.</p><p>"I don't want them to wait until the 24th hour and then say 'Oh, we're going to double our crews to get through next week," Areias said. "We can do that in April, May and June to get it done on time. So if we need to double the staff that's actually working now, I expect that to get done so we're not at that 24th hour scrambling."</p><p>Poindexter, Jr. reassured Areias that he has confidence in Robertson.</p><p>"I expect that he will get things done," Poindexter, Jr., said.</p><p>Areias added, "That's what I'm expecting, the rest of the board and the community, also."</p><p>District Superintendent Steve Tietjen said that when working with construction trades, workers have the right to take days off because of inclement weather.</p><p>"F&H Construction leaders have been very good at keeping work moving even when it's raining, they've got work going on inside...," Tiejen said. </p><p>Tietjen said that since PG&E has completed its necessary work, things are steadily progressing inside while outside work has stopped on rainy days.</p><p>Lonnie Poindexter said, "The problem is you can't control Mother Nature."</p><p>Areias responded by saying that it rains every year in Los Ba&#241;os.</p><p>"Unless we get an abnormal amount of rain, I don't want that to be an excuse," Areias said.</p><p>Trustee Andree Soares wondered how the new completion date would affect plans for opening.</p><p>Tietjen said his main concern isn't moving into the school, as far as classrooms and the administration building. He's concerned with the Career Technical Education facility, which is the farthest behind schedule at 20 percent.</p><p>"That's not the contractor's fault," Tietjen said of the building's late start. "It was because of state funding."</p><p>Despite the set back, the Poindexters shared how well the project was moving along, with hopes of making the July 15 deadline, even though additional rain days were requested.</p><p>The administration building is the most advanced in terms of completion, Poindexter Jr. said, and the most prominent structure on the campus is the south gymnasium.</p><p>"It's a world class facility. It's going to really represent the community well," he said.</p><p>The performing arts building is going to be one of Pacheco High School's key features, he added.</p><p>"I thought it was the swimming pool, I thought it was the main gym, I thought it was the football stadium, that hasn't been constructed yet. But I really think the performing arts facility is going to be a nice, nice facility that the entire community will be able to utilize. There are going to be some great events there," Poindexter, Jr. said.</p><p>Enterprise reporter Samantha Salas can be reached by phone at (209)388-6562 or by e-mail at ssalas@losbanosenterprise.com