Colonel Crawford school board moves ahead with building plan

By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

The Colonel Crawford School District took another step in closing up its current high school building on Monday when the school board approved two measures.

The first measure approves Colonel Crawford’s acceptance of the Ohio School Facilities Commission Classroom Facilities Assistance Program, which will be added to the ballot in November, giving voters two items to vote on before the new high school can break ground.

Superintendent Todd Martin explained the measure.

“There will be two pieces on the ballot November 5t. The .5 mil maintenance that the OFC requires which converts to $17.50 for a 100,000 home for a year,” Martin said. “Then we will have the bond issue which will be for the gymnasium and locker rooms, and that equates to 1.8 mils which is roughly 62.90 a year for a $100,000 home.”

The half-mil bond will be used to help fund the demolition of the school buildings in Sulphur Springs, Whetstone, the old intermediate and part of the high school buildings in North Robinson.

The second measure passed Monday night authorizes the advance of $31,014 from the Capital Projects Fund and appropriates the money to pay a portion of the local share of the district’s Classroom Facilities Assistance Program Project.

Due to being down one bus in their fleet as well as aging buses, the Colonel Crawford Board of Education approved hiring MEC Cooperative Advertising to receive bids for the purchase of two 71-passenger conventional school buses with the district picking up one equal share of the advertising expenses.

The Colonel Crawford Board of Education approved a one-year contract between the Colonel Crawford Local Schools Board of Education and the Colonel Crawford Education Association. The contract will have a 0-percent increase to the base, continue steps, and have a one-time payment of $500 to those not moving up a step.

During officer and principal reports High School Principal Jake Bruner recognized senior Rebecca Enright for winning a $10,000 scholarship through Taco Bell. Enright is one of four scholarship recipients in the nation.