Commissioners on right track with new Centertown school
Centertown School is over 50 years old. There are problems with classroom space and mold. Upcoming repairs can’t be justified because the school has reached a state of diminishing returns.
In short, it’s time for a new school in Centertown.
This is a song Centertown residents have been singing for years. And it’s a tune county commissioners have heard many times. Finally, it appears the song and dance is over and action is on the horizon.
During last week’s meeting of the Warren County Commission, it was agreed money would be appropriated for a new school in Centertown no later than this time next year. Commissioners officially have until Aug. 31, 2005 to find the funding to build the new school.
It’s a promise we hope they will keep.
Granted, finding some $6.5 million to build a new school is not like scraping up lunch money. It’s a little more complex than that.
But there is no arguing that a new school is needed so it’s time for the county to take appropriate steps to ensure that new school becomes a reality.
The school board, too, has its work cut out as a number of tasks will fall into the laps of board members and school system administrators. Chief among those tasks is finding a licensed architect to render drawings of how a new school will look.
When those drawings arrive and funding is approved, Centertown residents can really begin salivating. That’s when their abstract images of a new school will finally begin to take shape.