During a particularly wet week for the county, the Butler School Board Thursday morning talked about ways to manage and remove excess water.

Butler Middle School, Superintendent Brian White said, is suffering some problems dealing with all the rain. A four-square ball court was damaged, as its middle has dropped about six inches in just a few days and is holding a pool of water. That, and a sub-basement level custodial and mechanical room has gathered more than three feet of water.

“Our insurance company has already assigned a restoration company,” said Nick Morelli, business manager.

Administrators are still in talks to determine a timeline and costs.

The board also addressed another water issue: replacing more than 50 storm inlets scattered around the two high school campuses. Directors approved a $155,000 contract with Mahoning Builders of New Castle for the work.

“Some of them have heaved up,” White said. “Some have pushed down over the years. Some have cracked. Some have just disintegrated and are just unusable.”

The school district wants to do a lot of repaving in the area, but White said it has heard from contractors that the work would be more affordable if the storm inlets were taken care of first. That project is planned for next summer.

Still, this work will be on top of an already-busy summer of construction. The district is putting new turf on Art Bernardi Stadium and building a new secure entrance on the Intermediate High School as well.

White said he doesn't think the projects will interfere with each other, despite occurring simultaneously.

Solicitor Tom King noted the benefits of storm drain work.

“These stormwater projects are very significant for our downhill neighbors,” King said. “There, in the past, has been significant flooding down there. It's really important we do this.”