Friday, July 17, 2009
NILES — Projections by the Ohio School Facilities Commission that school enrollment here will decline by 300 in 10 years could cost the district $3 million in construction funds from the OSFC, according to Superintendent Rocco Adduci.
The OSFC is funding 71 percent of the $62 million construction cost of the new high school and two elementary schools. A bond issue passed last year is covering the local share of more than $16 million.
During Thursday’s board of education meeting, Adduci said that student enrollment has increased to 2,800 — a trend he believes will continue, despite the commission’s projections.
“We’re doing due diligence to get the numbers where they should be,” Adduci said.
The superintendent also said that the district will follow the recommendations of its core committee on construction and go ahead with plans for the new high school that will require the demolition of the visitor stands at the football stadium and removal of the track and soccer fields.
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