Bellbrook-Sugarcreek district reviews options for downtown Sugar Creek Elementary campus

Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools on Friday presented a status update on the downtown Sugar Creek Elementary campus and invited city, township and park-district partners to weigh options for the 8.4-acre property, including continued district ownership, sale, public auction or transfer to a public or nonprofit entity.

Doug Kozak, superintendent of Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, told the joint meeting that the district has not housed its own preK–12 students at the downtown campus for about 14 to 15 years and that the site includes five buildings (a three-story building, a one-story building, an old board office, a bus barn and a two-car garage) on roughly 8.4 acres, much of which lies in a flood plain. "We are losing about 40 or so thousand dollars per year down there," Kozak said, and the district is factoring approaching…