SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Friends, family and fans can soon watch live sporting events from Slippery Rock Area High School on their phones or computers, wherever they are.

“The easiest way ... if you have a phone or any type of smart device, is downloading the NFHS app, so that you can watch it anywhere,” said Brienna Simons, Slippery Rock school district’s athletic director, at the school board meeting Monday night.

NFHS, or the National Federation of State High School Associations, is a digital platform used to livestream high school athletics and performing arts programs. Currently, the NFHS app enables livestreaming of 30 different kinds of sports across the country, according to a description of the app on Google Play.

The school district installed cameras in the gymnasium, so basketball games are already available to stream, superintendent Alfonso Angelucci said after the meeting. Though the district hasn’t yet placed cameras in the stadium, it plans to have these installed in time for football season, he said.

“What’s nice is that any school across the country that has it, you can go in and watch any game you want,” Simons said.

If Slippery Rock plays an away game with another high school that also offers streaming through NFHS, spectators can use the live feed for that game too, Simons said.

School board member Mark Taylor announced that the High School Renovation Project, which includes site improvements on the kitchen, cafeteria and band room, will likely take about a year to complete.

The mechanical, electrical and plumbing involved in the project should prove straightforward enough, he said.

“While there are a lot of moving parts to it, those parts are easily managed, if you have your team in place and you’re paying attention,” he said. “If you let it get out of hand, then that can kill us.”

Taylor estimates the project could cost $25 million altogether.

A structural engineer from the engineering firm Barber & Hoffman recently assessed the condition of a barn owned by the district, Taylor said.

“It’s not good,” Taylor said. “With decay, the foundation shifting, which is causing the upper floor to shift, the deficiencies that they identified, they compromise the stability of it.”

In the short term, the district is considering adding bracing by the main front gate. This way the structure can continue serving as a storage site for winter and summer equipment, Taylor said. However, the district doesn’t keep many school items there, because a large number of bats populate the barn, he said.

In the long term, Taylor said the district may want to build another structure entirely, probably not on the site of the old barn.

School board member Sarah Whitman asked whether the barn could eventually serve as a source of salvage. Taylor said he might favor doing this when the time finally comes for it to be torn down.