The existing Central Elementary in Fairfield Ohio will be torn down after a replacement building opens in 2017
The existing Central Elementary in Fairfield, Ohio, will be torn down after a replacement building opens in 2017.
Fairfield (Ohio) City School District is preparing to begin construction of three school facilities that will bring about a reconfiguration of the schools.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the district is expected to begin site work later this month for the three schools: a new elementary--Fairfield's sixth; a building to replace the aging Central Elementary; and a replacement freshman school.
The district says that when the $80 million project is completed and the new facilities open in 2017, Fairfield will move fifth-graders from the intermediate school to elementary schools and move sixth-graders from the intermediate school to middle school.
Fairfield would convert the intermediate school to a second middle school, and grades six through eight would attend middle school.
The freshman facility would be built on the same campus as the existing high school.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
