“Brickwork has started in the K-6 wing, and the K-6 courtyard brick is near completion,” Silvus said. “Brickwork is to begin in all areas in the next few weeks.”
Silvus said a lot of other work has also been happeneing at the construction site.
“Spray foaming is under way, interior framing and drywall is underway, roofing for the main building area will begin in the next few weeks, and interior duct work and conduit continues,” he said.
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The anticipated completion date of the project is April 2021.
“After students and teachers leave for the summer, construction crews will begin the work of preserving the existing Indian Valley gym and demolishing the rest of the building. Roads and parking lots will also be completed over the summer, and students will return to school on September 7, 2021 to a completed campus,” Silvus said.
A community open house has been scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2021. Students will move into the new K-12 school on Sept. 7, 2021.
Ground was broken for the school in September 2018.
Greenon gave the public their first look at their new school plans in late March. Summit Construction and SHP Leading Design are leading the project.
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 school will be located at the northeastern corner of Rebert Pike and Enon-Xenia Road, and 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 dining area, gym and music spaces will be located.
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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