Schools
$58 Million on Decatur High, Renfroe Middle?
The board will discuss a building/renovation plan for those two schools when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Westchester Center on Scott Boulevard.
The Decatur School Board meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and will talk about a $58 million plan to renovate Decatur High and rebuild Renfroe Middle School.
In the agenda for the Tuesday school board meeting that's posted online, Superintendent Phyllis Edwards doesn't make a recommendation about what the board should do, as she usually would.
Instead, she asks the board for guidance.
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The option favored by consultants and the administration would cost about $58 million and require a Nov. 5 bond referendum.
The expansions are needed because of enrollment at Decatur High and Renfroe Middle is expected to double by 2017.
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The school system conducted several public meetings at which the expansion plans were discussed. To see transcriptions of the meetings, a list of FAQs and a video of one presentation, go to the City Schools of Decatur webpage.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Westchester building at 758 Scott Blvd. A work session will be held 4:30-6 p.m.
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