Lakewood Schools Closer to Final Phase of Construction?
Schools officials may know by this summer whether the district will get the green light from the state to move forward.
The “signs are favorable” that the Lakewood City Schools will get approved for state funding to finish the $75 million Phase 3 construction project. Schools officials may know by this summer whether the district will get the green light to move forward. In this final phase, Roosevelt and Lincoln elementary schools would either be renovated or rebuilt and half of Lakewood High School would be rebuilt. The school district has waited since 2007 for the final word from the state agency then-known as the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission on nearly $47 million in funding to finish the project. The district would need to pay the difference, likely through a bond issue. The school board recently received a glimmer of hope that the project …
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Colin McEwen
9:57 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
You are correct, Bill. Here's that story from last fall. http://lakewood-oh.patch.com/articles/school-board-agrees-to-keep-elementary-schools-open more ›