Posted by W_B on January 24, 2013 at 11:09:06 from (155.188.247.18):
In Reply to: School consolidation posted by Greg K on January 23, 2013 at 10:00:03:
Many of the schools in my county merged districts back in the 60s and 70s. Lots of them are named "xx Union" such as Fairfield Union, Liberty Union, etc. Made sense since each was dying on its own. One new thing being tried is not merging the actual districts but using common admins over several small districts. Jury is still out on that concept overall but I like the cost saving.
Ohio has been on a roll to replace old schools. As I understand it (maybe someone here knows more detail), there is a priority list and when your district floats to the top you have so many years to come up with your share of the funds. In our area they funded the bond issue with part of the school income tax at a rate of 1%. Never thought that was a good idea since the income can vary over time and you may not get enough to pay what's owed. For example, a company in a nearby town in our district is moving that operation to Mexico and about 120 folks are out of a job. So that's 1% of that income that won't be available to the school. We built two new elementary schools (needed), a whole new high school (NOT needed, in my mind) and remodeled a Jr. High (probably needed).
Where I went to school it was a small district and the high school was ancient even in the late 60s (built in 1925). Had to have a new high school, it opened in 1972 and everything was moved out of the old building... going to tear it down, too expensive to fix up, yada, yada. In 2013 IT IS STILL THERE! It's been remodeled to be the school district offices and the new-old high school I went to was long ago torn down, replaced by Georgian style fancy brick buildings. Needless to say, the district has grown a lot in size and wealth. Some of you might have heard of Les Wexner, founder of the Limited and Victoria's Secret, he bought up a lot of the property there in New Albany and created a new very upscale place to live, work and play.
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