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Projected costs for new school buildings throughout the district could range from $125 million to $140 million, district officials have said.
West Carrollton officials have been studying the possibility of building new schools for about two years, as all of them are now at least 50 years old.
The school district – which includes parts of Miami Twp. and Moraine - was recently been accepted into the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission building program.
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The West Carrollton board of education unanimously approved a resolution earlier this month to enter into the state’s Expedited Local Partnership Program, which district officials said will lock in the community’s ability to build new schools with an 81 percent state share of co-funded projects.
The board is expected to vote this summer to place a bond issue on the ballot, officials said.
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