According to reports from the New Boston School District, bids for the early site preparation work should go out in October for the new K-12 school building. The district expects to award the bid contract on November 12.
This project has been met with one frustration after another since 2008 when residents of New Boston voted to accept a tax levy to build the $21 million K-12 school building on Lakeview Avenue.
The Ohio School Facilities Commission has been putting obstacles in front of the district almost since the inception of the project involving site location, costs, and redesign of the building. It has caused what was hoped to be a opening for the 2011-12 school year to a projected opening in 2012-2013.
Early site preparation will prepare the land for construction. Jobs to initially be needed include tearing out the old Sun and Funland Pool, cutting down trees and removing a gas line from the property.
Before actual construction can begin, the architects first have to complete recent changes to the building plans which cut $2.9 million from the project and move the placement of the building. After that, building plans will need to be approved by the Ohio School Facilities Commission, the New Boston School District and the Village of New Boston.
Mike Payton
09-17-2010
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