LYNN – Phase one of the repairs to the Lynn Classical freshmen academic wing are moving on schedule, and city officials say they have identified the errors made when the building was initially built on O’Callaghan Way.In a presentation to the City Council, Inspectional Services Director Michael Donovan outlined a revised four-phase plan that should have freshmen back in the high school by the start of the 2009-2010 school year.Donovan said mistakes were made when building the initial support slab, because construction crews only drove piles into the landfill beneath the school, rather than going deeper into the earth to find bedrock. Because of this oversight, the slab began sinking into the soil, causing the problems that now need to be repaired.By identifying this problem now, contractors will not have to tear up the mini-piles like originally thought; they can bring in a small pile driver to pound existing piles deeper toward the bedrock when installing the new slab.Donovan says the project should be a little less expensive, because there will not be as much demolition and reconstruction, but at this point he is assuming the cost will be a wash.”We found there was an excess capacity in the mini-piles holding up the slab, so now rather than adding more piles, we can use the existing ones. This is the way it should have been done in the first place,” he said. “It should be a little bit less expensive, but the cost will be close. At this point I would say it is a wash. It is tough to say because we have not received the bids for the next three phases, once we know what the bids are, we will have a better idea of the cost.”Donovan said he expects to receive bids for phase two in the next few weeks, and have bids secured for phase three by April.Phase one began Dec. 17, with contractors beginning to remove fixtures and furniture from classrooms and storage areas within the school’s library as well as the A and C academic wings. Items such as white boards, televisions, ceiling tiles and fixtures that the department wants to keep and re-use will be removed so that phase two of the project can begin, hopefully by the first week of February.Phase two will see contractors tearing down interior walls and demolishing portions of the existing slab, along with the relocation of underground electrical wiring. This phase should be complete by April.Phase three, which also takes place in the same area of the school, will revolve around the pounding of the mini-piles, along with the installation of grade beams and new portions of the slab to support the building. This process should begin in the second week of May and continue through November.Phase four will take place in the D wing of the school, along with a portion of the cafeteria, kitchen and boiler rooms. Much of the work here will take place on the exterior of the building, and should be completed by September or October of 2009.Donovan says freshmen, who have been attending classes at the former Classical High School located in the Fecteau-Leary building on North Common Street, should be able to return to the school even if phase four isn’t complete, because most of that work will be on the exterior of the building.