Architects, Strongsville City Schools present ideas for new middle school, high school renovations

STRONGSVILLE- Open, inclusive, unique and on-budget.

Thats how representatives from GPD Group and Strongsville City Schools broke down the comprehensive construction and renovation projects lying ahead after residents approved $81 million in new bonds at the first of two community meetings Jan. 10 at Strongsville High School.

Its your community, its not ours, said Rodwell King, a project manager at the Akron-based architecture and engineering firm. We dont live here, you live here, so it really needs to be your school.

About 75 residents heard an hour long presentation outlaying both the goals of the firm and the district, and the steps needed to reach them.

GPD Principal Mark Salopek said there will be a number of opportunities for residents to be involved with and up to speed on the design process of a brand new middle school to replace Center and Albion middle schools and renovations across the district, including submitting suggestions and questions directly to he and King or participating in several meetings to come.

Were starting from scratch, he said. We want to get everyone involved.

Cost

The architects and Superintendent John Krupinski also laid out estimates for how the $81 million will be spent.

This is not just a construction project of amiddle school, said Krupinski. Its much, much more than that.

According to current estimates, $46.665 million will go toward the middle school replacing Center and Albion middle schools with a single, grades 6-8 building. About $656,000 of that will be for constructing athletic fields and a track.

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Architects, Strongsville City Schools present ideas for new middle school, high school renovations