The Observation Deck

The Lakewood School Board voted to approve the "Resolution Authorizing the School District to Participate in the Ohio School Facilities Commission Classroom Facilities Assistance Program.

The resolution provided the Lakewood City School District with the opportunity to participate in the Classroom Facilities Assistance Program. The state share in the final construction phase is $50,498,862. The scope of this project will include building three new elementary schools to house grades PK - 5; renovations/addition/partial demolition (264,790 sf) to Lakewood High School to house grades 9 through 12 and Career Tech; allowance to abate and demolish Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Taft, McKinley and Roosevelt elementary schools. We have been requested to meet a deadline of June 14; therefore the necessity to approve in one reading.

Original Project
Project Budget: $162,899,556
Local Share: $112,400,694
Sate Share: $50,498,862

Final Figures
Project Budget: $79,110,082
Local Share: $28,611,220
State Share: $50,498,862

Approved in one reading.

Good work School Board, Superintendent Patterson, and the good residents of Lakewood, Ohio.

Jim O'Bryan wrote:allowance to abate and demolish Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Taft, McKinley and Roosevelt elementary schools.

Why does the best community in the county, 4 years in a row, and one of the ten best
coolest places to visit in America have to buy our friends?

Lakewood has 80 or so empty homes, which is less than 1% of residents.

Why do we have to pay for friends?

While I am happy, I would like to see what the projected abatement could add up to.

FWIW


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The term abate in the resolution refers to asbestos removal in the buildings to be demolished.