Lebanon Community School Corp. presents $87.7 million campus master plan; hearing is informational

Lebanon Community School Corporation held a public hearing Tuesday evening at the Herman B. Wells Community Center to present a conceptual 2026 campus master plan and outline financial parameters for the project. The presentation described new and renovated athletics facilities, site work north of the middle school and a financing approach that could include up to $87,695,000 in bond authorization; the board took no action.

Dennis, the district presenter, said the plan’s primary components include converting the auxiliary gym into a wrestling facility, expanding weight-room square footage, and renovating the natatorium. On the pool, he said the district is considering rotating and lengthening the current six-lane pool into an eight-lane competition configuration that would add a diving well, two springboards, two warm-up lanes and approximately 450 elevated spectator seats, plus concessions and a "wet classroom" for instruction. "We are approaching a point where our current pool is no longer able to be serviced," he said, warning that some parts are no longer manufactured and some service companies will not guarantee work.

The weight-room proposal would move programming out of a converted auto-shop area (about 50% of the current floor sits over crawl space) to structurally sound slab-on-grade space, allowing more racks and…