The Lakota Board of Education reviewed possible funding options for its Master Facilities Plan (MFP) at a special meeting on May 4. The meeting was scheduled after a nationwide BoardDocs outage on April 27 made the original meeting agenda and supporting materials unavailable to the public.
The MFP is a long-term plan designed to improve learning opportunities for students, reduce the number of school transitions and address large class sizes. The plan could also create operational savings by closing three older buildings, allowing teachers to stay in one building rather than travel between schools and improving transportation efficiencies with fewer grade-band transitions..
Lakota is now eligible for 33% state co-funding through the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC). The State has indicated these funds would be available within the next year, compared to the typical wait time of eight-to-ten years…