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District to hold meetings on facilities plans
Northwestern Local Schools will host three meetings next week to get input from residents on a potential building project.
Northwestern officials expect confirmation in July that the state’s Ohio Schools Facilities Commission will pay 45 percent of the cost to build new schools in the district. They will likely go to the ballot in November with a combined building-operating levy.
Northwestern is still in the process of completing a master facilities plan, as required for participation in OSFC. One of the things the district will seek input on next week is the configuration of the buildings, said Superintendent Tony Orr.
Anyone in attendance will see a few possibilities and give feedback through a technology educators refer to as “clickers,” which are basically something you hold and click to answer a question and then a computer monitors the answers. Orr told me Wednesday that the plan could be for two buildings or one building.
The district has invited parents of students in grades kindergarten through 4 to a meeting Monday, March 30, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Northwestern Middle School. The district is encouraging parents to bring others - grandparents, etc. - with them.
The parents of 5th through 12th graders are invited to a similar meeting Wednesday, April 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the middle school gym and are again encouraged to bring others with them.
Then Friday the district will host a dinner for senior citizens in the community and will talk to them about the plan as well.
Look for more information in the News-Sun this weekend.
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March 26, 2009 1:58 PM | Link to this
Go to a meeting and see what our kids and teachers are working with before you make a decision. NW is always one of the top schools in the area academically.