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Lewis Central board reviews multimillion-dollar facilities plan and potential donor-backed athletic addition
Summary
Board reviewed bond-funded renovations and a concept for a multipurpose athletic addition (wrestling/turf/locker rooms). Superintendent said a private individual has verbally offered to underwrite a substantial portion—potentially about half—of the addition; no formal vote was taken.
The Lewis Central Community School District board on Dec. 1 reviewed bond-funded renovations and preliminary plans for an addition to the district’s Activity (Athletic) Building that would create year-round wrestling space, larger locker rooms and a multipurpose turfed area.
During the superintendent’s presentation, board members were shown a concept for an approximately 70-by-120-foot addition adjacent to the athletic building. The renovation of the existing Activity Building remains in the bond scope (the superintendent said roughly $1,000,000 was earmarked in the bond for renovation of the current building); the proposed addition would add about $1,000,000–$1,100,000 in extra cost if pursued.
The superintendent said that, rather than spending an estimated $2,000,000 to build a…
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