“In our K-6 portion, the CMU to roof bearing is near completion,” Silvus said. “Stud wall framing on the first floor will start (the week of Dec. 1) and structural steel is underway for our roof bearing areas.”
As for the 7-12 side, Silvus said the, “slab deck pours” were scheduled for Dec. 4th and 5th.
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For the main portion of the building, Silvus said the electrical gear is on site and a gas line was installed on Dec. 2.
“Overall, the electrical main gear is on site, secondary wire to the transformer has been pulled, and temporary enclosures are near completed on both the K-6 and the 7-12 side first floors,” he said.
Last month, crews began working on the second-floor walls to get them up to roof level and worked to complete the flooring.
Ground was broken for the school in September 2018.
Greenon gave the public their first look at their new school plans in late March at a school board meeting. Summit Construction and SHP Leading Design gave a presentation about the school progress as well as showed a 3D rendering video walk through of the new school.
Voters approved a $36 million bond issue to build the new school by 500 votes in May of 2017. The 6.98-mil bond costs a taxpayer who owns a $100,000 property in the district about $20 a month. The state will pick up $18 million of the costs through the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission.
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The new building is being constructed on the current site of the Indian Valley Intermediate School. However, Indian Valley will remain open during construction but will close once the new school opens, as well as Enon Primary and Greenon High School.
The new school will be for all students in the district, but will be divided so that students of different age groups won’t intermingle.
One pod will house the center of the building, the other is for elementary age students in grades kindergarten through sixth and the third pod will house remaining students.
Both student sections will have their own media centers, libraries and special educations classrooms. However, only the pod for high school students will have classrooms designed for agricultural and business education.
The center of the building, or the “core” as it’s referred to in floor plans, is where students, teachers and parents will center the building. The core will also be where the dinning area, gym and music spaces will be located.
2: Approximate years until Greenon Local’s new school opens
$36M: Bond Greenon voters approved in 2017 for a new school
$18M: Amount state will contribute to the new school
The Springfield News-Sun has provided continued coverage of the Greenon school building project, tracking monthly developments, including examining the state of the current buildings, attending community forums and digging into what the new building might look like.
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