The charter school at Three Mile and Hammond serves 300 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Comstock Construction filed the suit for breach of contract against the developer, named in the suit as Second Grand Traverse School. Tenn. The developer's agent, Floyd Schecter, could not be located for comment Wednesday. The suit asks that the property be put in receivership so that Comstock can collect rent on the building to go toward the amount due. Construction delays moved the school's opening back from the scheduled September date into October.
Students now attend class at a school that, from the parking lot, looks like a construction zone.
Kaye Mentley, superintendent and principal at the school, said she wasn't aware of the details of the lawsuit. We're doing everything we're supposed to do. Mentley said she expects the other half of the school will be completed in February and the administration building will be ready by summer. My primary focus is what goes on in the classroom. Grand Traverse Academy received its charter from Lake Superior State University and is managed by Smart Schools.