Friday, February 05, 1999
New Delhi school has early open house
BY BERNIE MIXON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
DELHI TOWNSHIP — What was once green space at Rapid Run and Pontius roads has slowly transformed into a new middle school.
Enduring heavy rain and ice storms, construction crews have worked to transform the building from a skeleton structure to a place of learning.
Now more than halfway complete, the Oak Hills Local School District is offering the public a chance to see Rapid Run Middle School.
Tours will be 1-3 p.m. Sunday at 6345 Rapid Run Road.
“It has been real exciting to see the facility coming out of the ground,” said Michael Amos, director of operations for the district.
The district is offering the tours as a way to show the progress made on the construction project.
In 1997, voters here approved a $50.6 million bond issue.
The construction cost for the middle school is $15.1 million. When computers, furniture and other costs are add ed, the total cost will be $19.1 million.
The bond issue also will help pay for increased space at the high school. Repairs and upgrades are among the projects in the two junior high schools and five elementary buildings.
Once Rapid Run is built, the two other junior high schools will become middle schools for grades 6-8, with ninth-graders moving to the high school, and elementary schools housing kindergarten through fifth grade.
The two-story Rapid Run Middle School will house the seventh grade on the upper level, eighth grade on the lower level and will include a wing for the sixth grade. The middle school also will have a media center, commons/cafeteria, auditorium and gym.
“The classroom additions are moving along fantastically. Weather has prevented (construction workers) from working outside, so they are working inside,” Mr. Amos said. “We are putting up walls for individual classrooms. The electrical work is moving along.”
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