Absestos discovered at the Upper Perkiomen High School will likely be removed over the summer. A grant from the state Department of Education will help fund the work.

            Last week the Upper Perkiomen School Board voted to approve an award from the Public School Environmental Repairs Program Grant worth $495,979. The district is prepared to spend the remaining portion of the total cost – approximately $1.2 million – to cover the entire abatement project, said Member JP Prego.

            The grant requires a 50/50 match. An annual inspection of each of the school's buildings is required by law, according to Assistant Superintendent Andrea Farina.

            Administrators plan on removing the material – described by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a group of naturally occurring minerals resistant to heat and corrosion that has been used in products, such as ...