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The public will have several upcoming chances to speak on the facility needs for all Warsaw Community Schools' buildings.
Community meetings to discuss facilities have been scheduled.
The architectural firm of Kovert Hawkins, which the WCS board hired Monday, will present the need for a building project as it relates to the corporation's current facilities.
The meetings are scheduled as follows:
• Tuesday, 7 and 8 p.m., Madison Elementary School.
• Aug. 31, 7 p.m., Claypool Elementary School.
• Sept. 6, 7 p.m., Jefferson Elementary School.
• Sept. 11, 7 p.m., Lincoln Elementary School.
Child care will be provided Call 574-371-5098, Ext. 2400, to reserve space for your child.
Kovert Hawkins also will be have a booth at the Warsaw Community High School football games Sept. 8 and Sept. 22.
Currently, there is no scope or plan for a project.
At the end of the 2003-04 school year, Atwood, Silver Lake and Claypool elementary schools were closed.
Since then, students at those schools have been transported to other schools, causing overcrowding. The school board has since said Claypool will be reopened. The board also is considering renovating and expanding Claypool and building at least one new elementary school, but no decisions have been made.
The school board interviewed five architectural firms July 19-20, including Moake Park, Scearce Rudisel/Schmidt Associates, MSKTD, Odle McGuire & Shook and Kovert Hawkins.
On Aug. 10, the board met to discuss the results of those interviews, during which time more questions were developed. Monday, the board chose Kovert Hawkins, Jeffersonville.
