New high school site remains unpicked while officials discuss the State Road 46 corridor
How we attribute this: speaker_124 → "Carrie" — addressed by name and answers immediately when the board chair says "Carrie, do you want to touch on transportation?" [t=1612], and thanked by name for seconding the Oversight Board's own adjournment motion, "Thank you, Carrie, for the second" [t=5088], confirming she is one of the board's five members. Surname not recovered from the transcript, so the identification is probable, not confirmed.
Who it touches
- State Road 46 corridor between US 40 and the 641 bypass
Tracked in the archive
An Oversight Board member said his personal preference is for the new consolidated high school to sit on the State Road 46 corridor, between US 40 and the 641 bypass on Terre Haute's east side, though he stressed no site has been chosen.
Carrie, an Oversight Board member, said the school would need roughly 100 to 120 acres.
An Oversight Board lead presenter said money to buy land and connect utilities is already built into the project's cost estimate.
Board members said no landowner has been contacted and no one has been hired to look for land yet, because naming a target area publicly could drive up the asking price.
Sources
- "State Road 46 corridor between 40 and 641 bypass", 24:590:24:59 (24 minutes 59 seconds)
- Site size estimate, 100-120 acres, 27:050:27:05 (27 minutes 5 seconds)
- Land purchase money included in project cost, 26:010:26:01 (26 minutes 1 second)
- No landowners contacted yet, 59:510:59:51 (59 minutes 51 seconds)
Outcome
No site has been selected; no landowner has been contacted and no formal search has begun
No site has been selected. Officials indicated the land search has not formally started.
This summary was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor against the recording and documents linked above. Nothing publishes without a resolvable source.