PORT ANGELES — Newly elected Port Angeles School District directors Nancy Hamilton and Ned Hammar were sworn into office before the board turned to updates on capital construction projects, including upgrades to Monroe Playfield, along with enrollment and financial reports.

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon Barnhart delivered the oath of office on Thursday night.

Nolan Duce, the school district’s director of capital projects, presented updates on construction of Hurricane Ridge Middle School, which will replace Stevens Middle School, along with planning underway for Franklin Elementary and the Port Angeles High School auditorium.

Construction of the three-story, 84,000-square-foot Hurricane Ridge Middle School on the Stevens campus is progressing steadily, Duce said. It is nearl

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