Wednesday, July 07, 1999
School building boom is summer assignment in Warren County
BY MIRIAM SMITH
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ringing school bells have been replaced with buzzing saws and pounding jackhammers in some Warren County school districts this summer.
Construction projects are under way in the Wayne Local and Little Miami Local schools.
The foundation for a 130,000-square-foot Little Miami High School is being built at its U.S. 22-Ohio 3 and Morrow Cozaddale Road site, and the $17 million building is expected to open in fall 2000.
It will accommodate 800 students and is being designed to fit another 800 students if necessary, Superintendent Michael Virelli said.
In November 1997, residents in Morrow, Maineville and Butlerville, and in Harlan, Salem and Hamilton townships, passed a 5.44-mill bond issue to generate $17.6 million for the school.
In Waynesville, renovations to Waynesville Elementary School are under way after a nearly $1 million construction bid was accepted by the board of education in April.
The project, which includes a nearly 6,200-square-foot expansion, is expected to be completed by February, said Superintendent Charles Williams.
It will include a new, centrally located office, a media center and an elevator in the two-story building.
The project is being paid for by an $8 million bond issue approved by voters in 1995, also used to build a high school, which opened last fall.
Also in Waynesville, a new, eight-lane, all-weather track surrounding a new football field will be completed in about two weeks, Mr. Williams said.
Much of the project, expected to cost between $400,000 and $500,000, has been paid for through private contributions. The district is expected to pitch in about $100,000 from money generated from the bond issue.
Renovations to Springboro Elementary School are nearing completion, and the project is on schedule to be completed this fall, said Board of Education Vice President Diane Trifiro.
However, the school can't open because the district doesn't have the money to hire staff. So instead of opening to about 500 fourth- and fifth-grade students this fall, the building — which underwent a $4.2 million renovation — will be empty this fall.
Voters defeated a 4.6-mill operating levy in May that would have generated $1.85 million annually and enabled the district to hire more staff.
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