The district master plan was recently accepted by the Parma City Schools Board of Education and has been sent to the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC).
The board chose a 4-2-1 plan, meaning the district would have a single high school, two middle schools and four elementary schools. Should this plan be implemented, the building built on the current Parma High School location would be Northeast Ohio’s largest high school campus.
Estimated costs for the plan are $423 to $450 million, which would require Parma City Schools to go back to the voters for the approval of a bond issue in the range of 7.5 to 8.0 mills. This would translate to an additional $22 per month for the owner of a $100,000 home.
Printing services offer several tools, among which are flyer and poster printing that can be used to inform the public of issues that will be put before them.
According to Parma Schools Superintendent Charles Smialek, the OFCC will configure the actual cost of the plan after which the school board will have to settle on a time line for going to the voters.
The state of the economy makes putting it on the November ballet problematic. However, the OFCC’s contribution of 37 percent of the cost hinges on the passage of a bond issue and construction commencing within 18 months and November’s traditionally bigger turnout has tended to favor school levies.
