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Committee recommends
ballot issue in November for GCSD
By Bob Rhoades
The Greenville Schools Facility Meeting was held on Tuesday evening in
the Anna Bier room of Memorial Hall with 31 people present from all
over the district. There was an enormous amount of discussion on all
issues but only two things to vote on:
1. Which building plan to go with?
2. Should we put a bond levy on the ballot in
November?
The first question was pretty easy. Almost everyone voted for Plan B.
this is the K-8 building that we looked at last week and can be seen
here. There will be further information forthcoming on this plan.
This plan allows the district to build one building for K-8 as well as
begin the refurbishing process on the existing high school. The
existing high school is the only building in the district that complies
with current Ohio School Standards. The building consists basically of
two wings, one for the lower grades and one for the upper grades housed
on two floors. The athletic fields are not in the plan now but are on
the drawing to show how things will fit and these can be developed
later. Busses will be able to pick up and drop off students in two
areas thus eliminating the comingling of older with younger students.
The number 2 question wasn’t so easy. Should the Board of Education put
this to a vote in the November election? There were some outside
factors. First there is a bill in the legislature that may eliminate
special elections, limiting then number of times the issue could be put
on the ballot. The other point of contention is that the Greenville
Library is also asking for money on that election. Unfortunately, it
will be listed as “Greenville Schools Library” which could put a damper
on the actual school issue. At any rate, the number 2 question passed
so it will be on the November ballot if the board chooses to put it
there.
All of this will be presented to the Board of Education at the May 24th
meeting. It will then be up to them to move forward. This has all been
a very positive experience for everyone involved. It has allowed a lot
of people from all over the district to have input, understand what is
going on and take things back to their neighbors. Feedback has been
mostly positive. Now comes the job of educating everyone in the
district on the project.
To keep things in perspective, this year marks the 100th birthday of
the South School. No one is around who built it to celebrate. Let’s
hope that is true of the new building in 100 years.
More later on funding, the campaign and other issues of building a new
building.
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