ServiceMaster builds 2 temporary schools in Covington in mere weeks
Crestview Middle School and Crestview Elementary, demolished in a tornado that mangled swaths of Covington on March 31, have been recreated in temporary buildings. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Chris Ivie expects the project to set standards for how temporary schools are built in an age of escalating weather disasters — the schools were destroyed by a March 31 tornado.
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Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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