Sto‑Rox board rejects purchase and financing motions for North Fayette campus

The Sto‑Rox School District board voted unanimously to defeat two motions related to acquiring a North Fayette Main Campus parcel, ending a proposal to buy roughly 33.4 acres and pursue financing for the acquisition.

Solicitor (reading the motion) asked the board to approve purchase of the Main Campus parcel (parcel ID 0495R00001… and adjacent land described in the motion) and adjacent buildings, with a second parcel described as approximately nine acres. Directors then voted; the clerk recorded seven negative votes and the motion failed. The solicitor subsequently asked for a separate motion to seek financing for the same parcels; that motion also failed on a 7–0 vote.

The motions were read into the record by the district solicitor, who described the scope of the property as encompassing approximately 33.4 acres and adjacent facilities associated with the Parkway West Career and Technology Center. The transcript does not record board members offering a formal public rationale for opposing the purchase or the financing motion during the vote sequence.

What this means: With both motions defeated, the district will not move forward with the proposed purchase nor with district‑sponsored financing for the Main Campus parcels that were the subject of the motions. The solicitor’s proposals remain available in the meeting record but were not adopted.

Next steps: The meeting proceeded to other business after the failed motions; no follow‑up vote or staff direction on the parcels was recorded in the session minutes.