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Elevator project at Potential Development
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Paul Garchar, Executive Director of Potential Director, speaks on the elevator project at the facility.
YOUNGSTOWN
Administrators at Potential Development, a charter school for autistic children, unveiled an elevator and second-floor renovations worth $550,000 to their high-school building, 2405 Market St.
Paul Garchar, Potential Development executive director, said Thursday the renovations will provide the additional space to accommodate more students. The school accepts students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The school now houses 56 students, and the renovations provide space for 50 more.
Sarra Mohn, Potential Development board member, said the renovations are important in giving the school the same “feel” other schools have.
“You know, before, this was just an empty building in Youngstown and together we have turned it into a school equipped with SmartBoards, technology and more,” she said.
Garchar said the importance in making a school like this for students with disabilities is the opportunity to give parents choices about their child’s education. For information about Potential Development visit potentialdevelopment.org, call 330-746-7641 or email info@potentialdevelopment.org.
He added Potential Development has been funded mostly through donations. Thus far, there has been $1.1 million invested in the Market Street building – about $250,000 on the elevator and $300,000 on the second-floor renovations alone.