GCS delays Smith Academy opening:

Joe Hill, facilities consultant, said the district had to push back completion of the renovation of the former Oakwood Mobile Homes headquarters on South Holden Road after construction crews discovered mold in the drywall. The district hired All-Kleen of Greensboro to remove the mold earlier this year at a cost of $29,290, Hill said.

The district still expects to spend $5.7 million total on the project, and has spent $172,000 on change orders (one was for replacing the roof). The opening of the facility has suffered from higher costs and has been delayed at least twice since the Guilford County Board of Education bought the former office building in 2006 to turn it into a specialty school focused on medical careers and construction technology.