The State Prosecutor's Office petitioned the High Court of Justice on Tuesday, asking it for yet another six months in order to fortify school
buildings in Sderot.
Six months ago, the court ordered the State to build six new fortified schools in the rocket ridden city, but according to state officials, the construction is being delayed.
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The State alleged that the construction tender was only recently filed with the City of Sderot, which was tasked with carrying out the court's original decision, and that the contractors have yet to enter their bids.
The city's newly elected mayor still has to study the issue and until he does that, claimed the State, the construction's time table cannot be finalized.
The court was, however, presented with recent plan made by the Home Front Command concerning the city's existing schools: Classes have been categorized as either "Blue" – fully fortified, or "White" – partially fortified, and those not up to one of the two codes were deemed unusable.
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