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Friday, March 20, 2009
District to pay $1.27 million for middle school site
BEAVERCREEK — School officials are close to purchasing a 50-acre site owned by the Nutter family to build the district’s next middle school.
The $1.27 million deal is contingent on a zoning change and environmental assessment of the land at the corner of Dayton-Xenia and Ankeney roads, according to district officials.
The district plans to build a new middle school on the land as part of an $89-million district-wide building and renovation project. The work is possible because voters approved a tax request in November after two defeats at the ballot box.
The current Ferguson Middle School will be used to house students from the now overcrowded high school, according to the plan. New middle and elementary schools will be constructed.
District officials have been searching for a middle school site north of U.S. 35 since paying Beavercreek Twp. $1.9 million for about 90 acres at the corner of South Alpha Bellbrook and Indian Ripple roads in August 2007. That site will be saved for future expansion.
Richard Eckhardt, school board president, said the district estimates the new middle school site could save $70,000 annually on transportation costs. District officials are in the midst of designing the two new schools and preparing for remodeling across the district.
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