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Superintendent updates board on Ford Lane construction-trades project, appeal denied
Summary
District superintendent told the board that plans for a student-led homebuilding construction-trades program on district-owned property near Ford Lane have stalled after a zoning requirement blocked the original permit; the district appealed but the appeal was denied in 2025.
The Southgate Community School District superintendent updated the board on the district's effort to establish a construction-trades instructional program on district-owned property near Ford Lane and said recent zoning requirements have prevented the district from proceeding as planned.
The superintendent said the board in 2022 authorized the district to pursue a city construction-trades instructional program in which students would build homes and sell them to community members; proceeds would be returned to fund additional homes. The district…
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