Oversight board votes 5-0 to send "Option 6.2" — a new high school east of the river and a renovated West Vigo — to the county commissioners
Who it touches
- West Vigo Jr./Sr. High School
- Terre Haute North and South High Schools
- Vigo County School Corporation families
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Mark Matheny moved, and the Vigo County Oversight Board voted 5-0, to recommend "Option 6.2" — building a new high school east of the river, estimated at $222 million, to replace Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South, and fully renovating West Vigo Jr./Sr.
High School into a combined grade 7-12 school — as the facilities plan it sends to the county commissioners.
Matheny, who made the motion, said the school corporation revised its original plan after the board asked for more savings, producing a version projected to save $30 million to $40 million.
This is the recommendation this committee told the county council on August 4 it would deliver, and the chair said the vote heads next to the county commissioners at a 5 p.m. session the same day.
Sources
- Motion to adopt Option 6.2, 20:400:20:40 (20 minutes 40 seconds)
- Roll-call vote, passes 5-0, 27:380:27:38 (27 minutes 38 seconds)
- Board describes $30-40 million in projected savings, 18:550:18:55 (18 minutes 55 seconds)
- $222 million cost of the east-side high school, 1:18:111:18:11 (1 hour 18 minutes 11 seconds)
- Recommendation heads to commissioners at 5 p.m., 16:450:16:45 (16 minutes 45 seconds)
- School oversight committee told the county council Aug. 4 it would present Aug. 12, 1:05:491:05:49 (1 hour 5 minutes 49 seconds)
Outcome
Passed 5-0 on a roll-call vote
Passed 5-0 on a roll-call vote.
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